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An invitation to Europe's largest forum on breast cancer

January 17th, 2014

What is EBCC?

The most exciting breast cancer conference in Europe, it is the only one that involves all the major players in breast cancer. The conference encourages interaction and collaboration between clinicians, scientists and patients in a partnership of equals to talk not just about scientific advances, but also the ethical, social, political, and practical issues associated with caring for patients with breast cancer. EBCC-9 is expected to attract around 5000 delegates from around 90 countries worldwide.

The conference covers the entire spectrum of breast cancer and highlights what is new across fields as diverse as:

the impact of lifestyle on breast cancer
gene profiling and treatment of disease
breast cancer in young women
breast cancer screening
epidemiology and outcomes in breast cancer
breast cancer genetics

Press conferences:

There will be press conferences on:

Wednesday March 19, at 17.30 hrs

Thursday March 20 at 10.30 hrs

Friday March 21 at 10.30 hrs

More information:
www.ecco-org.eu/Events/EBCC9.aspx

Provided by ECCO-the European CanCer Organisation

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