Agenda #1: New Approaches Breast Cancer Detection Workshop
Lecture Room
National Academy of Sciences Building
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20418
January 7, 2003
9:00a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
The Workshop is Free and Open to the Public
9:00 Welcome and Introduction
Ed Penhoet, Committee Chair
9:10 Overview of Current Options in Breast Cancer Detection
Laura Esserman, University of California San Francisco
9:40 Comparisons of multiple modalities: US, PET, MRI, Optical
Mitchell Schnall, University of Pennsylvania
10:10 Technical Advances in Mammography: Digital Mammo and DEI
Etta Pisano, University of North Carolina
10:40 Comparison of Four Breast Imaging Techniques
Keith Paulsen, Dartmouth
11:10 Computer Assisted Diagnosis (Presentation not available)
Maryellen Giger, University of Chicago
11:40 DISCUSSION
12:00 LUNCH
12:45 Introduction to Tumor Markers (No slides)
Jeff Marks, Duke University Medical Center
12:50 The Search for Breast Cancer Biomarkers
Sara Sukumar, Johns Hopkins Oncology Center
1:20 Deciphering The Molecular Signatures of Breast Cancer
Lance Liotta, Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute
1:50 Molecular Imaging
David Piwnica-Worms, Washington University
2:20 DISCUSSION
2:30 BREAK
2:45 Making Sense of the Mountains of Data: Bioinformatics and Breast
Cancer Detection
Michael Vannier, National Cancer Institute/University of Iowa
3:15 SmartProbe: Spin-off Technology from NASA
Richard Hular, BioLuminate, Inc.
3:30 Trans-Scan: Post-Script on a 1999 "Medical Breakthrough"
John Neugebauer, TransScan Medical, Inc
3:45 Optical Scanning, almost approved
Phillip C. Thomas, DOBI, Inc
4:00 DISCUSSION
4:15 WRAP-UP
4:45 ADJOURN
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