CBCRP Sponsors Advocate Participation in Scientific Meeting
This involvement of advocates was the first for a breast cancer meeting sponsored by the NCI and by the IABCR.
Founded in the mid-1950s, the International Association for Breast Cancer Research (IABCR) is an international community of scientists. The 24th IABCR Congress, held in Sacramento California, November 1–5, 2003, focused on preclinical research using mouse models of human breast cancer. The Congress was sponsored by the University of California, Davis Cancer Center; the Office of Women's Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; the California Breast Cancer Research Program; and the National Cancer Institute's Mouse Models of Human Cancers Consortium and Specialized Programs of Research Excellence. The meetings attracted 325 registrants and brought 60 of the world's experts to California to present their latest breast cancer findings.
The CBCRP sponsored and organized the participation of 14 breast cancer advocates. The advocates introduced and co-moderated every session, and provided an overview of their advocacy organization's mission. In addition, they were briefed before the Congress by Dr. Robert Cardiff from the University of California, Davis, and they were given the opportunity to attend and participate in all the sessions. The involvement of advocates was the first for a breast cancer meeting sponsored by the NCI and by the IABCR. The European scientific community, initially reluctant, was particularly enthusiastic about the involvement of the advocates and has insisted that breast cancer advocates be a vital part of future IABCR congresses.
CBCRP-sponsored IABCR advocate moderators:
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Holly Anderson Anna Cluxton Peggy Devine Dasha Drab Sharon Goodrich |
Velma Lagerstrom Ginny Mason Pat Pangburn Kim Pierce Michele Rakoff |
Rosemary Rosso Sandra Spivey Sandra (Sandy) Walsh Kathy Walters |
