International Conference on Challenges and Controversies in Breast Cancer ICCCBC on December 20-21, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Challenges and Controversies in Breast Cancer Current Controversies in Breast Cancer Recent Controversies in Mammography Screening for Breast Cancer Current Breast Cancer Treatment Controversy Current Controversies in breast cancer Current controversies in the management of breast cancer Body weight and breast cancer risk Weight gain and breast cancer risk Alcohol and breast cancer risk Exercise (physical activity) and breast cancer risk Breastfeeding and breast cancer risk Blood estrogen levels and breast cancer risk Blood androgen levels and breast cancer risk Menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer risk Birth control pills and breast cancer risk Age at menopause and breast cancer risk BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations and cancer risk Hyperplasia and breast cancer risk Light at night/shift work and breast cancer risk Fruits and vegetables and breast cancer risk Carotenoids and breast cancer risk Factors Under Study Dairy products and breast cancer risk Dietary fat and breast cancer risk Meat consumption and breast cancer risk Soy and breast cancer risk Vitamin D and breast cancer risk IGF-1 and breast cancer risk Smoking and breast cancer risk Secondhand smoke and breast cancer risk Factors Not Related to Breast Cancer Hair dyes and breast cancer risk Abortion and breast cancer risk Electromagnetic fields and breast cancer risk Blood organochlorine levels and breast cancer risk Breast implants and breast cancer risk Risk-lowering drugs (Chemoprevention) Tamoxifen and raloxifene to reduce breast cancer risk Early Detection and Screening Screening mammography for women 40-49 Screening mammography for women 50-69 Digital vs. film screening mammography Breast MRI plus mammography vs. mammography alone for high-risk women Diagnosis and Prognostic Factors Lymph node status and breast cancer survival Accuracy of sentinel node biopsy in predicting axillary lymph node status Tumor size and breast cancer survival Estrogen receptor status and overall survival Mastectomy versus lumpectomy plus radiation and overall survival in early breast cancer Radiation therapy following mastectomy and overall survival in stage II and III breast cancer Adjuvant chemotherapy and overall survival Different adjuvant chemotherapy combinations and overall survival in early breast cancer Tamoxifen and overall survival in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer Trastuzumab (Herceptin) and overall survival in early breast cancer Aromatase inhibitors and disease-free survival in early breast cancer Lumpectomy plus radiation therapy in the treatment of DCIS Tamoxifen in the treatment of DCIS Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for stage II or stage III breast cancer Neoadjuvant hormone therapy for estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer High-dose chemotherapy (bone marrow transplant) Combined modality treatment and overall survival in inflammatory breast cancer Trastuzumab (Herceptin) for treatment of metastatic breast cancer Lapatinib (Tykerb) for treatment of metastatic breast cancer Support groups and breast cancer survival Social support and breast cancer survival Getting Good Care Regional differences in rates of mastectomy Survivorship Pregnancy and breast cancer survival Menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer recurrence Total fat intake and breast cancer survival Body weight and breast cancer survival Physical activity (exercise) and breast cancer survival Acupuncture for menopausal symptoms Antidepressants and other non-hormone medications for menopausal symptoms Soy and relief of menopausal symptoms Black cohosh and relief of menopausal symptoms Other supplements and relief of menopausal symptoms </div>