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The conference aims to share advances in breast cancer diagnosis, treatment and prevention, promote international sharing of knowledge and enable new clinical relationships. This meeting will end half a century of seclusion for most doctors in the Soviet Union from Western scientific and medical development. Leading breast cancer experts from the United States will speak.

Co-Chairs of the Conference are Barrie R. Cassileth, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Medicine (Oncology) at the University of North Carolina and Consulting Professor of Community and Family Medicine at Duke Unviersity, who initiated and is principal organizer of the conference, Academician Trapesnikov and V. F. Kirichuk, Rector of Saratov Medical University.

Dr. Cassileth, internationally known for her work in psychosocial medicine, developed the idea for the conference while in Saratov to speak at the Medical Center in late 1993. She has since worked to organize and fund the conference with Drs. V.V. Vlassov and Josef Gorfinkel, professors and department chairs at Saratov Medical Institute. She was especially aware of the pressing need for current knowledge, technology and communication in breast cancer which, like all medicine in Russia outside Moscow, lags behind world-wide standards.

Saratov is a city of one million people on the Volga River, 450 miles Southeast of Moscow. Formerly a major center of military manufacturing, only recently has its large medical community gained access to Western medical specialists and literature. Saratov Medical University, one of the first in Russia, was established in 1909. It has 5,000 medical students and a medical faculty of more than 800 professors in 79 departments and laboratories. Its five teaching hospitals have a combined total of 2,400 beds. It is one of the largest and highest- rated medical centers in Russia.

For Conference information and registration, contact the Center for Bio-Medical Communication, 80 West Madison Avenue, Dumont, New Jersey 07628, USA., telephone: (201) 385-8080, or Professor Natalia Kudryashova, Saratov Medical University, telephone: (7-8452) 51.1617.

Conference Leaders and Faculty

United States

• Martin D. Abeloff, Director, Johns Hopkins Oncology Center;

• Barrie R. Cassileth, Adjunct Professor of Medicine (Oncology), University of North Carolina, Consulting Professor Community and Family Medicine, Duke University;

• Bruce A. Chabner, Director, Division of Cancer Treatment, National Cancer Institute;

• C. Norman Coleman, Chairman, Harvard Joint Center for Radiation Therapy;

• Kathleen M. Foley, Professor of Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center;

• Robert N. Hoover, Chief, Environmental Epidemiology, NCI;

• David W. Kinne, Professor of Surgery, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center;

• Edison T. Liu, PI, Breast Cancer SPORE Grant, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina;

• Virginia A. LiVolsi, Director, Surgical Pathology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center;

• C. Kent Osborne, Interim Chief, Medical Oncology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, PI, Breast Cancer SPORE Grant.

Russia

• V. Chissov, Director, Hertzen R&D Cancer Institute, Moscow;

• K. Hanson, Director, Petrov Research Institute of Oncology, St.Petersburg;

• V.F. Kirichuk, Corr-Academician, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences; Rector, Saratov Medical University;

• E.A. Koreckiy, Director, National Cancer Institute of Ukraine, Kiev;

• V.F. Semiglazov,Corr-Academician, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences; Professor, Petrov Research Institute of Oncology, St. Petersburg;

• N.N. Trapesnikov, Academician, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences; Director, National Oncology Center, Moscow;

• R.I. Vagner, Academician, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences; Professor, Petrov Research Institute of Oncology, St. Petersburg.

Tours of Moscow and St.Petersburg available. Charter flights from and to U.S. may be arranged. Assistance with visas.

SPACE IS LIMITED. REGISTER EARLY.
FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION CONTACT:

Professor Natalia Kudryashova
Saratov Medical University, Russia
(7 8452) 51 1617

DAY 1: TUMOR BIOLOGY AND DIAGNOSIS

8:30-9:00

Introductions: Rector of Saratov Medical University; NCI Representative; Chief of Oncology, Saratov Medical University

Morning Session Chair:

N.N. Trapesnikov National Oncology Center, Moscow

Co-Chair:

S. Stepanov, Saratov Medical University

9:00-10:00

Breast Cancer Epidemiology: International Prevalence and Survival Data; Etiologic Factors
Robert N. Hoover, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD

10:00-11:00

Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer
Edison T. Liu, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC

11:00-11:30

Break

11:30-11:30

Breast Cancer Histology and Cytology
Virginia LiVolsi, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA

12:30-1:15

Questions and Discussion- Morning Session

1:15-2:30

Lunch. Welcome: Academician Trapesnikov

Afternoon Session Chair:

T. Kunicina, Saratov Medical University

Co-Chair:

V. Chissov, Hertzen R & D Cancer Institute, Moscow

2:30-3:30

Tumor Staging and Diagnosis Edison T. Liu

3:30-4:30

Prognostic Factors in Breast Cancer
C. Kent Osborne, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX

4:30-5:00

Break

5:00-6:00

Questions and Discussion- Afternoon Session

6:00-

Exhibits

DAY 2: TREATMENT: SURGICAL OPTIONS

Morning Session Chair:

V. Semiglazov, Petrov Research Institute of Oncology, St. Petersburg

Co-chair:

A. Tohtamish, Sarotov Medical University

8:30-10:00

Breast Cancer in situ and Early Stage Disease C. Kent Osborne

10:00-11:00

Surgical Options & Reconstruction (with videotapes)
David W. Kinne, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY

11:00-11:30

Break

11:30-12:30

Surgical Options and Reconstruction, continued David W. Kinne

12:30-1:15

Questions and Discussion- Morning Session

1:15-2:30

Lunch

Afternoon Session Chair:

Y. Sidorenko, Rostov-na Donu

Co-Chair:

K. Hanson, St. Petersburg

2:30-3:30

Informing Patients of Diagnosis: International Directives
Barrie R. Cassileth, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Duke University, Durham, NC

3:30-4:30

Treatment of Medical Emergencies, Pain and Other Symptoms
Kathleen M. Foley, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York NY

4:30-5:00

Break

5:00-5:00

Questions and Discussion- Afternoon Session

6:00-

Exhibits

DAY 3: CHEMOTHERAPY, RADIATION THERAPY,
PROMOTING EARLY DETECTION

Morning Session Chair:

Gorbunova, Moscow Center of Oncology

Co-Chair:

Y. Dmitriev, Sarotov Medical University

8:30-10:30

Chemotherapy and Hormonal Therapies
Martin D. Abeloff, Johns Hopkins Oncology Center Baltimore, MD

10:30-11:00

Break

11:00-12:00

Chemotherapy- Management of Toxicities
Martin D. Abeloff

12:00-1:15

Questions and Discussion- Morning Session

1:15-2:30

Lunch

Afternoon Session Chair:

V. Letyagin, National Oncology Center, Moscow

Co-Chair:

E. Kiseleva, Hertzen R & D Oncology Institute, Moscow

2:30-4:00

Radiation Therapy
C. Norman Coleman, Harvard Joint Center for Radiation Therapy, Boston, MA

4:00-4:30

Break

4:30-5:15

Investigative/Promising New Therapies
Bruce A. Chabner, National Cancer Institute Bethesda, MD

5:15-6:00

Toward Routine Mammograms for Russian Women Over Age 50
C. Norman Coleman

6:00-6:30

Questions and Discussion- Afternoon Session

6:30-6:45

Closing Remarks: Gorbunova

7:00-

Farewell Cocktail/Dinner Party (Sponsored)

Correspondence to:

Barrie R. Cassileth, PhD
8033 Old NC 86
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516,
U.S.A.
Phone and Fax: (919) 967-2184
Email: [email protected]

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