Workshop 4 – Estrogen, Progesterone and Breast Cancer (1:30pm–3:30pm)

Leader: Adrian Lee, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine

Speakers:
Rowan Chlebowski M.D., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Ph.D., Georgetown University
Eva Lee, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

Estrogen has long been correlated with breast cancer, but the lack of understanding of how is underlined by the Women’s Health Study, where estrogen alone has been shown to be safer than estrogen with progesterone. This workshop would review what we know and what we still need to learn about estrogen and breast cancer.