This international symposium is directed primarily towards academic and private physicians and researchers involved in breast cancer in medical, surgical, gynecologic, and radiation oncology, as well as other appropriate health care professionals.   We anticipate 7,500 attendees from more than 90 countries.

The meeting site for the 2013 Symposium is the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, 200 E. Market Street, San Antonio, TX 78205 USA, Phone 210-207-8500 located downtown on the scenic Riverwalk, and is within easy walking distance of many
restaurants and other stores.

Rich Markow, Director, Symposia
Cancer Therapy & Research Center at UT Health Science Center San Antonio

7979 Wurzbach Road, MC 8224

San Antonio, TX 78229 USA
Email: sabcs@uthscsa.edu
Phone: 210-450-1550
FAX: 210-450-1560

Hours subject to change.

Tuesday, December 10
Registration 8:00 AM–7:00 PM
Program (Educational Sessions) 12:00 PM–7:00 PM

Wednesday, December 11
Registration 7:00 AM–5:15 PM
Program (Main Program begins) 8:00 AM–7:00 PM
Exhibits 11:00 AM–5:00 PM

Thursday, December 12
Registration 7:00 AM–5:15 PM
Program 7:30 AM–7:00 PM
Exhibits 11:00 AM–5:00 PM

Friday, December 13
Registration 7:00 AM–5:15 PM
Program 7:30 AM–7:00 PM
Exhibits 11:00 AM–5:00 PM

Saturday, December 14
Registration 7:00 AM–9:00 AM
Program 7:30 AM–11:00 AM

• The session is open to early-career scientists, defined as graduate students, postdoctoral or clinical fellows, or medical students and residents, who are registered attendees of the 2013 SABCS.
• Space in the workshop is limited to 300 participants; registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis and is free of charge. Click here for registration information.

Carlos L. Arteaga, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Gary C. Chamness, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Margaret Foti, American Association for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, PA

Ismail Jatoi, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
C. Kent Osborne, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Peter M. Ravdin, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
Andrea Richardson, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

Rachel Schiff, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Ian M. Thompson, Jr., UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX

Carlos L. Arteaga, AACR (Co-Chair), Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Lisa Carey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Patricia Chalela, UT Health Science Cetner, San Antonio, TX

Gary C. Chamness, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (ex-officio)
Richard L. Crownover, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
Nancy E. Davidson, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Margaret Foti, American Association for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, PA (ex-officio)

Suzanne A.W. Fuqua, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

James N. Ingle, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN

Ismail Jatoi, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
Michael T. Lewis, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Rong Li, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX

Yi Li, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

C. Kent Osborne (Co-Chair), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Susan Rafte, Pink Ribbons Project, Houston, TX
Peter M. Ravdin (Co-Chair), UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
Andrea Richardson, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Mothaffar Rimawi, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Nicholas J. Robert, Virginia Cancer Specialist, Fairfax, VA

Jeffrey M. Rosen, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Rachel Schiff, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Sandi Stanford, Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation, San Antonio, TX
Nicholas Turner, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UNITED KINGDOM
Laura J. van ’t Veer, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Thomas Westbrook, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Eric P. Winer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Douglas Yee, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

As an ACCME-accredited CME provider, the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Medicine (UTHSCSA SOM) must ensure that its CME activities are independent of the control of commercial interests. All speakers and planning committee members for UTHSCSA sponsored programs are expected to disclose (prior to the activity) all “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months may potentially create a real or perceived conflict of interest.

Disclosure informaiton will be posted in November.

• Confirmed hotel reservation through the SABCS Housing Bureau is required for registration.

• Everyone must register in order to attend.
  
• Discounted rates are available through October 31.
  
• Registration, including online registration, will close after November 15.
  
• If you miss the deadline you must register on site.
  
• Registration will be CLOSED from November 16 through December 9.
  
• Registration will resume on site at 8:00 am on December 10.
  
• All payments must be in US currency, and payment must accompany registration.
  
• Symposium badges will be mailed to pre-registrants prior to the symposium.
  
• All participants receive their Symposium materials and badge holders at SABCS registration
  
• For security purposes, all attendees picking up their badges onsite must present a photo ID in order to receive their badge. Please be sure to bring your photo ID with you to the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.
  
  

If your pre-registration is postmarked or faxed after the cutoff date of November 15, it will not be processed and you will need to register onsite.

Beginning March 4, you can register online or download and print out a registration form in PDF format, until November 15. After that date, you must register on site in Bridge Hall at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.

The Symposium provides complimentary registration to professional journalists representing media organizations for the express purpose of gathering news and information to produce editorial coverage of the meeting.

Valid credentials are required of every journalist in order to complete registration. These credentials include an official press identification (business card, press pass, etc) and two bylined articles (or a copy of the masthead if articles are not bylined), or a letter of assignment. For further information please click here. Please fax the press/media registration form with these valid credentials to Lauren Riley, American Association for Cancer Research, at 215-446-7291. For further information, please call 215-446-7155 or e-mail lauren.riley@aacr.org.

Please refer to Group Registration. Group Registrations must be received by November 15.

SABCS encourages all attendees to take advantage of early On Site Registration on Tuesday, December 10, 8:00 am – 7:00 pm. All registration counters will be open, including on-site, pre-registered with badge registration, press and exhibitor.

Registration will be located in Bridge Hall at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.

All those who registered before the deadline and have their badge, should proceed to the "Pre-Registered with Badge" counters in Bridge Hall to receive meeting materials and a badge holder. Badges are required in order to pick up meeting materials.

Individuals who missed the pre-registration deadline must register on site at the On-Site Registration counters in Bridge Hall.

All Exhibitors must check in at the Exhibitor registration counter. All exhibitors and staff must register. No one will be allowed on the floor without a badge.

Please send written notice of cancellation by fax to 210-450-1560 or email sabcs@uthscsa.edu.

Cancellations received on or before November 15 will be refunded less the following processing fees:
$75 Regular Registration, AACR Members and UTHSCSA & BCM
$20 Postdoctoral MD or PhD in training
$20 Patient Advocate

Cancellations received after November 15 are not refundable.

If you need special assistance, contact the Symposium office at 210-450-1550 or SABCS@uthscsa.edu.

Past and current events have heightened security awareness around the world. Although no one can predict world events, incidents or situations, we are working to help ensure a safe and a successful Symposium. To this end, we will require attendees to wear the Symposium Name Badge to ALL Symposium activities (sessions, exhibits, etc.) at the convention center.

Lunch tickets for 2013 SABCS are offered for either

1. $14.00: Boxed lunch and a soda or water redeemable at the three Express Lunch areas located in Exhibit Halls A, B & C.

2. $18.00: A hot item, soda or water and a dessert  redeemable at the Food Court located in Exhibit Hall B.

No refund or partial refund will be issued for a ticket or for a partial redemption of a ticket.

Tickets can be purchased in advance for individuals & groups.

Continental breakfast, evening poster sessions receptions & beverages are provided free of charge.

The Marriott Rivercenter remains our headquarters hotel. Additional rooms at special SABCS rates have also been obtained at more than 26 other hotels nearby, and all requests will be processed by SABCS
Housing Bureau. Information and online reservations for both groups and individuals are available on the SABCS hotel website.

Transportation From Airport To Hotel

GO Airport Shuttle, San Antonio Airport’s official shuttle service, has shuttles departing to and from downtown approximately every 15 minutes from 7:00 AM – 1:30 AM daily. For 24 hour reservations and information, call 210-281-9900, or go online to www.goairportshuttle.com.

Shuttle tickets are sold at the baggage claim area, at Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 for $19.00 per person to downtown hotels or $34.00 for a roundtrip ticket. Book online and receive an additional discount. Online rates are $17.00 to downtown hotels and $32.00 for a roundtrip ticket. Major credit cards are accepted.

Taxi fare is approximately $27.00. As many as 4 people may ride for the price of 1. SABCS does not provide transportation from the airport to the meeting.

Symposium Shuttle Buses
SABCS provides free shuttle bus transportation between symposium hotels and the convention center December 10-14, 2013.

• Shuttle buses will travel frequently between symposium hotels and the convention center.
• This service is free.
• Buses will drop off and pick up at the Market Street Entrance of the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.
• Buses will only stop at the official symposium hotels. A wheelchair accessible bus will be available during the listed days and times. It is necessary to make reservations for this service by calling Circa Texas at 210-394-0607. Please call 24 hours in advance to make your reservation at your specific hotel.
• Shuttle routes and times will be posted September 2013.
• SABCS does not provide transportation from the airport to hotels.

The purpose of these scholarships is to promote the education and professional development of early-career scientists who are actively pursuing research in breast cancer by encouraging and facilitating their attendance at the 2013 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

Scholarships will be awarded in each program to graduate students, medical students, postdoctoral fellows, and physicians-in-training whose abstracts are accepted for presentation at the 2013 SABCS, based upon the quality of their abstracts.

Recipients of these scholarships will be identified in the SABCS program, both print and online, and also at the meeting.

In order to be eligible for these scholarships, the applicant:

1. Must be a graduate student, medical student or resident, or clinical or postdoctoral fellow in an
     official training program at an academic institution.
2. Must provide certification of “in-training” status from the program director.
3. Must be the presenting author of an abstract accepted for presentation at the 2013 SABCS.
4. Must submit an application with the abstract.
5. Must upload a current CV.
6. Must register for and attend the Symposium, and present the accepted abstract.
7. May not be a previous recipient of a scholarship.

SABCS Clinical Scholars

For clinical scientists-in-training who are actively pursuing clinical or clinical/translational research in breast cancer.

SABCS Basic Science Scholars

For laboratory-based investigators-in-training whose work focuses on the biology of breast cancer and preclinical models of its development and progression.

Avon-AACR International Scholar-in-Training Travel Awards

For presenters of meritorious abstracts traveling from Eastern Europe, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

AACR Scholar-in-Training Awards, Funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure®

For presenters of meritorious abstracts who are early-career scientists and/or minority scholars.

AACR  Scholar-in-Training Awards

For presenters of meritorious abstracts who are Associate Members of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).

Scholarship application is part of the Abstract Submission process.

Patient advocates wishing to apply for financial assistance to the 2013 SABCS should contact the Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation for information and an application. Applications are available online. Please see their website for more information and qualifications. Applications must be post-marked by September 1, 2013.

E-mail: sandisues@sbcglobal.net
Web: www.alamobreastcancer.org

Susan G. Komen for the Cure Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction

Established by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure in 1992, the Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction recognizes leading scientists for significant work in advancing research concepts and for clinical application in the fields of breast cancer research, screening or treatment. The award is presented to basic and clinical researchers who have made seminal advances in the fight against breast cancer.  In addition, the award recognizes scholars for a specific contribution, a consistent pattern of contributions, or leadership in the field that has had a substantial impact on the fight against breast cancer.

The Brinker Award is to be used to further the recipients' activities in breast cancer research. This award has grown in prominence in the breast cancer community and is a marquee award for Komen for the Cure. The recipients of the Brinker Awards will deliver plenary lectures at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. 

The William L. McGuire Memorial Lectureship

Dr. William L. McGuire, along with Dr. Charles A. Coltman, founded the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in 1977. The William L. McGuire Memorial Lectureship was established in 1992 to commemorate the significant contributions of Dr. McGuire to oncology medicine. His research played a major role in introducing estrogen receptor assays on breast tumor tissue as a guide to treatment decisions for women with breast cancer. Breast cancer patients everywhere now receive these tests.

The lecturer is selected by the SABCS Executive and Planning Committees from persons nominated by distinguished researchers in the field. The selection is based on the following criteria:

1. Lecturers are respected figures with an international reputation.
2. They have made significant contributions to the field of breast cancer research.
3. They present a topic of high current interest related to the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer or to the study of its underlying mechanisms.
4. They are known as skilled presenters.

AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research, funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure®

The AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research is presented to an investigator no more than 50 years of age whose novel and significant work that has had or may have a far-reaching impact on the etiology, detection, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of breast cancer.

AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research

The AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research has been established to recognize outstanding science that has inspired or has the potential to inspire new perspectives on the etiology, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of breast cancer.

• Each SABCS attendee will receive a username & password which will allow access to 2013 SABCS abstracts, posters, slides, and webcast of oral presentations online.
• Abstracts Online: searchable version of the SABCS abstracts, will be available to attendees during the Symposium. Abstracts will be posted on the day of presentation. Check our website www.sabcs.org. These abstracts will also be published in the Symposium’s abstract book, a special supplement to the AACR journal Cancer Research which is available to each attendee online.
• Slides: will be available to view by attendees after the presentation. Select slides will be downloadable, author permitting. Presentations are updated twice daily during the Symposium.
• Posters Online: searchable version of the posters will be posted on line for attendees to view during the Symposium, author permitting.
• Webcast: Selected oral presentations, including slides, will be available to attendees within 48 hours after the Symposium. All oral presentations for which the authors have given permission will be posted in a fully produced webcast approximately 8 weeks following the Symposium.
• 2013 SABCS abstracts, posters, slides, and webcasts of oral presentations will be made available online to non-attendees January 1, 2014 .
• At this time, SABCS plans to keep all of the above available on line for 3 years.

1000-1050 presentations 

Abstract books, a special supplement to the AACR journal Cancer Research, will be available online.  Each SABCS registrant will receive a log-in & password which will allow access to SABCS abstract book, abstracts, slides & posters on line.

All authors must comply with the Symposium embargo policy, which states that no author is to provide information regarding the abstract or related research to be presented during the Symposium to the media or public prior to the scheduled time of presentation at the 2013 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

A statement verifying your attendance at the 2013 Symposium will be available online along with the evaluation.

A printable certificate of credit for physicians or certificate of attendance for non-physicians will be available.

Certificate of Attendance/CME Certificate/Evaluation and Post-Symposium Survey

2013 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Certificate of Attendance/CME Certificate/Evaluation and Post-Symposium Survey will be available exclusively in an electronic format this year. Your participation in completing these evaluations is very important to us. The SABCS Planning Committee reviews the feedback very closely to determine how to improve the program from year to year.

SABCS must have an accurate e-mail address in order to send your personalized link to the Certificate of Attendance/CME Certificate/Evaluation. For your convenience in completing your Certificate of
Attendance/CME Certificate/Evaluation, you will receive e-mail invitations daily containing a link to evaluate and record CME for the sessions you attended. You will also have the opportunity to access
the survey on your PDA or other mobile device. Free wi-fi is available throughout the Symposium. Once you have your link, you can select any of the meeting days and individual sessions to evaluate online during the SABCS and for approximately six weeks after.

Self-Serve Certificates of Attendance and CME certificates – Once you complete the Program Evaluation and Post-Symposium Evaluation Survey you will be able to print your own certificate. Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Attendance. For information on applicability and acceptance, please consult your professional licensing board.

Due to liability restrictions and concerns, children under eighteen years of age may not participate in any part of this symposium.

Still photography is allowed for personal use only. Publication of any photos is prohibited without the express permission of SABCS. In order to take photos for publication journalists must be registered as press.

Video cameras are granted access to the Registration area and press room. Access to other areas of the Symposium requires pre-approval from SABCS. Still cameras are granted access to all areas of the Symposium. “Flash” photography is not allowed in order to minimize disturbance to attendees. Camera crews filming in meeting areas other than the press room or news briefing room must be accompanied at all times by a press room staff member.

Photographers or camera crews hired by the aforementioned representatives or exhibitors must obtain permission from press room staff to conduct any on-site photo or video shoots during the Symposium.

Ringing phones and conversations make it difficult for your colleagues to fully benefit from SABCS sessions. To provide an environment conducive to education, we ask that you observe the following courtesies while inside the symposium:

• Please turn your cellular phone off or switch to a silent mode.
• If receiving a call, please immediately put the call on hold and
  move to a foyer or similar area to use your phone.
• If making a call, we ask that you move to a foyer or similar area
  to initiate your call.

SABCS will offer wireless service throughout the symposium. Connection setting information and a support specialist will be available onsite.

The SABCS will operate an Internet Café with approximately 16 computers for internet and e-mail access located in Bridge Hall.

Wireless internet access will be available throughout the symposium. Connection setting information will be available in the symposium materials.

Attendees may leave and receive messages at the SABCS Information/Message Center onsite in Bridge Hall.  Messages will be emailed to attendees. 

Literature racks will be available for non-profit organizations only for posting of brochures, which must not exceed 8½x11 inches. Please contact the Symposium office at sabcs@uthscsa.edu for instructions.

Information boards will be located in Bridge Hall.  Please contact the Symposium office for instructions.

The average temperature in San Antonio in December ranges from 45°F to 65°F (7°C to 18°C). Remember that meeting rooms are usually kept quite cool, so dress accordingly. For such a large audience, it is necessary to maintain a lower temperature than is comfortable for everyone.

The Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center is a non-smoking facility. No smoking is allowed anywhere in the building.

Although SABCS does not sponsor any recreational activities, visitors to the city may obtain such information from the website of San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau (www.visitsanantonio.com).

Creative Dining & Entertainment staff will recommend and make your individual and/or group reservations at San Antonio’s most enjoyable restaurants and/or catering venues! The staff can also help you arrange your rental car, golf tee time, other entertainment and relaxation needs. Their service, is free, and is available now either by phone 210- 618-5279, fax 210-468-0674, e-mail skylar@creativedining.net or website www.creativedining.net. Staff will also be available onsite during the symposium in West Registration during the following hours:

Tuesday, Dec. 10...................................................................... 11:30 AM – 7:30 PM
Wednesday, Dec. 11.................................................................11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Thursday, Dec. 12......................................................................11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Friday, Dec. 13............................................................................11:00 AM – 8:00 PM