Friday 3^rd October 2014

13:30      Welcome and Introduction (R. Stahel, Zurich)

Keynote Lectures

13:40      Breast cancer – a health economics overview (T. Szücs, Basel)

14:15      Gestagens and RANKL – neglected opportunities? (C. Brisken, Lausanne)

Elderly patients

14:45      Breast surgery: conservative vs. mastectomy vs. none at all (F. Chiesa, St. Gallen)

15:10      Radiation therapy: when and who, and when to omit? (D. Zwahlen, Chur)

15:35      Chemo- and endocrine therapy (T. Ruhstaller, St. Gallen)

16:00      Coffee break

Early breast cancer

16:30      Does staging benefit patients? The role of preoperative MRI and CT-PET (D. Matt, St. Gallen)

16:50      The sentinel node revisited – micromets, completion axillary surgery (S. Bucher, Luzern)

17:10      Adjuvant hormonal therapy for premenopausal patients (O. Pagani, Bellinzona)

17:30      Adjuvant and neoadjuvant chemotherapy in 2014 (A. Bodmer, Genève)

17:50      Discussion

18:00      Adjourn

Saturday 4^th October 2014

Brain metastases

08:30      Why do some breast cancers metastasize to the brain? (F. Winkler, Heidelberg)

09:00      Recent advances in radiation therapy of brain metastases (S. Rogers, Aarau)

09:25      Medical therapy of brain and leptomeningeal metastases (S. Hofer, Luzern)

09:50      Discussion

10:15      Coffee break

Genetics/Early detection

10:45      „Hereditary breast cancer – who to refer to a cancer genetics clinic and how to counsel patients with positive and negative results (B. Bolliger, St. Gallen)

11:05      Screening Mammography - A View from the Swiss Medical Board (P. Jüni, Bern)

11:50      Discussion

12:15      Closure

12:30      End