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2011 Forum on Breast Cancer Prevention and Younger Women
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Bakar Auditorium, UCSF Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Building
1450 Third Street, Room 160, San Francisco
8:30 am - 2:00 pm

About the Conference:
Co-hosted by Zero Breast Cancer and the UCSF/San Francisco General Hospital AVON Breast Center, this forum is designed for younger women ages 25 to 40, and for women's health advocates and breast cancer organizations that serve this population.

Registration is now CLOSED.

This forum has been registered to capacity. If you would like to be considered for the waiting list as we finalize attendance, please send an email to: info@zerobreastcancer.org

(There will be no on-site registration due to venue capacity restrictions.)

*Proceedings of this forum will be available soon on the UCTV website*

Topics
Topics include an update on breast cancer incidence, risk factors and breast imaging issues relevant to younger women, environmental factors and critical periods of development, strategies to modify breast cancer risk, public health policies and community health resources.

Speakers
Speakers include UCSF/SFGH medical directors and Department of Medicine faculty and UCSF researchers from the Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, Department of Medicine Experiential Learning, Health & Society Pathway, Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Zero Breast Cancer, the SFGH Avon Breast Care Program, and Bay Area women's health organizations.

Agenda and Flyer: Click HERE to download

Community Partners
Women’s Cancer Resource Center
Charlotte Maxwell Clinic
The Cancer Resource Centers of Mendocino County

Questions?

Susan Schwartz, Zero Breast Cancer Education Program Director
susans@zerobreastcancer.org
(415) 507-1949 x104

OR

Fern Orenstein, Manager, Avon Breast Care Program, San Francisco General Hospital
orensteinf@hemeonc.ucsf.edu
(415) 476-4082 ext.416

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