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The International Symposium on the Intraductal Approach to Breast Cancer
The Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation sponsors meetings and events that provide both the scientific community and the general public with opportunities to hear Dr. Susan Love and our group of nationally recognized clinicians and researchers share the latest information about breast cancer diagnosis, treatments, and innovative research.
The Foundation is dedicated to the eradication of breast cancer through prevention. The ability to access the lining of the milk ducts where breast cancer starts has provided us the extraordinary opportunity to develop a new model for risk detection and prevention of breast cancer, much like the Pap smear for cervical cancer. In an effort to nurture this growing field of intraductal research, the Foundation initiated a biennial international conference. The goal of the meeting is to facilitate collaboration among researchers, to provide history and context to new researchers, and to grant pilot money to those wanting to explore this approach. This is the only conference of its kind in the country that focuses on the groundbreaking intraductal research.
The 2009 International Symposium on the Intraductal Approach to Breast Cancer was held February 19-21, 2009. You can read a report from this Symposium as well as past reports from our other Symposiums here.
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The intraductal approach is being used to collect and analyze fluids and cells to develop methods for breast cancer prevention, detection, and risk assessment; to explore the mammary tree for abnormalities; to administer therapeutic or preventive agents directly into the breast ducts; and to explore the anatomy and physiology of the normal mammary gland.
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