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