Special Session 1: Open Bar and All You Can Eat? The Impact of Lifestyle in Breast Cancer Risk and Recurrence
Session Details
This session explores how lifestyle factors—specifically alcohol consumption, genetic variations in alcohol metabolism, and obesity—impact breast cancer risk and recurrence, with expert talks and patient advocate perspectives.
Moderator
Seema A Khan, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Presentation numberSS1-01
Topic 1: Alcohol, genetics of alcohol metabolism, and breast cancer risk
Julie R. Palmer, Boston University, Boston, MA
Presentation numberSS1-02
Topic 2: Effects of alcohol consumption and cessation on breast cancer risk
Mary Beth Terry, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY
Presentation numberSS1-03
Topic 3: Obesity and breast cancer—The molecular link
Kristy A. Brown, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Advocate
Stacy Tinianov, Advocates for Collaborative Education, San Francisco, CA