Day 3 Program

Educational Session 14: Breast Cancer in Young Women—When, Why, and How?

Day 3: December 11, 2025

2:30 PM–4:15 PM CST

Hemisfair 3

Session Details

The session explores the molecular epidemiology, biological mechanisms, and genomic and immunologic characteristics that drive breast cancer in young women across the age continuum.

ED14-01

When: Molecular epidemiology of breast cancer in young women

Melissa Troester, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

ED14-02

Why: Molecular and immunological basis of breast cancer across the age continuum

Kornelia Polyak, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

ED14-03

How: Genomic and immunologic characteristics of breast cancer in young women

Sherene Loi, Peter Macallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia