Friday 18^th November 2011

13:30      Welcome and presentation of SAMO (R. Stahel, Zürich)

13:35      Introduction to the workshop (M. Castiglione, Genève/S. Aebi, Luzern)

13:45      Epidemiology of breast cancer: What should non-epidemiologists know? (E. Rapiti, Genève)

14:15      Pathology of breast cancer in the era of molecular signatures: Still relevant? (L. Mazzucchelli, Locarno)

14:45      Molecular biology: Which news after OncoTypeDX and MammaPrint? (C. Sotiriou, Brussels)

15:15      Coffee break

15:45      Genetic predisposition to breast cancer: What should we know? (P. Chappuis, Genève)

16:15      Is the consensus of the St. Gallen conference still relevant? Why? (B. Thürlimann, St. Gallen)

16:45      Breast surgery in 2011: What at the horizon? (C. Viehl, Basel)

17:15      Pre-operative therapies (A. Bodmer, Genève)

17:45      Case presentations

18:30      Adjourn

Saturday 19^th November 2011

08:30      Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapies (S. Aebi, Luzern)

09:00      Postoperative endocrine therapies (K. Zaman, Lausanne)

09:30      Coffee break

10:00      Targeted therapies: Anything new in sight? (O. Pagani, Bellinzona)

10:30      Translational research: What is ongoing? What should be planned? (F. Cardoso, Lisbon)

11:00      Is prevention of breast cancer a realistic target? (J. Cuzick, London)

11:45      Case presentations

12:30      End