| News Advisory
Mayo Clinic, BIG and NCI Host Science
Writers’ Seminar on International Breast Cancer Trials |
| What: |
Please join us for a special science writers'
seminar to discuss how two trends in cancer research — increasing
use of targeted therapies and growing global research cooperation — have
merged, leading to the launch of one of the largest international
cancer trials ever conducted. Two potent and targeted therapies
for treatment of a subtype of breast cancer will be tested
with participation of thousands of women across several continents,
providing a model for international collaboration that furthers
cancer care. |
| Who: |
Leading breast cancer experts, including:
Edith Perez, M.D., Mayo Clinic
Jo Anne Zujewski., M.D., National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Martine Piccart, M.D. Breast International Group (BIG) |
| When: |
Friday, February 29, 2008: 9:00 a.m. — 11:45
p.m. (EST) |
| Where: |
Millennium Broadway Hotel New York
6th Floor, Conference Room 6.01
145 West 44th Street at 7th Avenue, New York City |
| How: |
Please register for the seminar
by contacting the NCI Office of Media Relations at (301)
496-6641 or ncipressofficers@mail.nih.gov. |
For more information about cancer, please visit the NCI website
at www.cancer.gov, or call
NCI's Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4 CANCER (1-800-422-6237).
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) — The Nation's
Medical Research Agency — includes 27 Institutes and
Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for conducting
and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical research,
and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures for both
common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and
its programs, visit www.nih.gov. |
