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Below is a list of archived transcriptions of forums held between 1997 and 2003. Unfortunately, we are no longer able to transcribe current forums.

2003
January Coping with Breast Cancer: A Psychosocial Perspective for You and Your Family
February New Directions in Hormone Treatments: What's New, What Works, What are the Risks?
March Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Breast Cancer: MRI
April Quality of Life: Strategies for Living Well During Treatment
May A Primer on Molecular Diagnostics: Revealing the Mystery of Proteomics and DNA Array Technology
June ASCO 2003: What's New In Cancer Research?
October Investigating Complementary and Alternative Medicine: What Works, What's New?



2002
January Further Updates from the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, 2001
February Herceptin and Other New Therapies: Promise Fulfilled?
March East Meets West: The Role of Integrative Medicine in the Treatment of Breast Cancer
April Where Are My Keys?: Cognitive Dysfunction After Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
May Breast Cancer Risk: Born with It or Exposed to It? (Due to technical difficulties, minutes of the May 2002 will not be available)
June The Anatomy of a Treatment Decision: Clinical and Research Issues
September Nutrition and Breast Cancer: It's Not What You Eat...Or Is It?
October The Genetic Factor in Breast Cancer: More Answers…More Questions?
November Geographic Variations in Breast Cancer Incidence: Focus on the Bay Area
December Update from the San Antonio Meeting on Breast Cancer, December, 2002



2001
January Making Surgery as Easy, Effective and Informative as Possible
February Quality of Life After Breast Cancer: How Do We Measure It and Use the Information Effectively?
March Mammograms: Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?
April When and Why is Radiation Therapy Helpful?
May The Latest on Tamoxifen and Other Hormone Therapies
June Demystifying Genetic Risk and Hormone Influences in Breast Cancer
October The Latest on Pathology Interpretation: What Does Your Biopsy Mean?
November When Is Breast Cancer Inherited: What Can Be Done About It?
December Update From the San Antonio Symposium, 2001



2000
January Making Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty
March Studies in Stage III Breast Cancer: What Can We Learn About Biology and Prognosis
April Treating Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Philosophical Approach
May Integrating Research and Individual Patient Preferences into Optimal Decision-Making for Breast Cancer Treatment
June ASCO 2000: What's New in Breast Cancer Research &
Involving Patients in Decision Making: A Collaborative Care Model
October The Internet: Friend or Foe?
November Therapy After Surgery: Can We Change Fate? Results of the NCI Consensus Conference
December What's New in Breast Cancer Research: Commentary on the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, 2000



1999
January Analyzing the Traditional Chinese Model of Care for Breast Cancer
February What if I Have a Recurrence?  A Revisionist Approach to the Treatment of Breast Cancer
April Watchful Waiting or Serial Scanning: Which is Better Surveillance for Early Stage Breast Cancer?  
May Lymph Node Status: Do We Really Want to Know?
June Safe or Toxic: What Are the Short and Long Term Effects of Chemotherapy and Tamoxifen?
October Lifestyle Choices:How Much Does it Matter?
November Breast Nipple Aspirate Analysis: A Window to Breast Cells, Risk of Cancer and Response to Preventive Measures
December What's New in Breast Cancer Research: Summary and Commentary on the San Antonio Meeting



1998
January Determining Inherited Breast Cancer Risk
February What's the Latest in Anti-Angiogenesis Therapy for Breast Cancer?
March Molecular Decision-Making and Therapy: The HER2/neu Example
April Tissue Research: Hopes and Concerns.  How to Read Your Path Report. 
May What is Quality Care?  A Patient's Perspective
June Integrative Medicine for Breast Cancer
October Adjuvant Therapy for Early Breast Cancer: Individualizing Decisions
November Treatment Old and New: What Works and What Doesn't
December Beating the Odds of Breast Cancer: The Role of Research



1997
January How to Choose and prioritize
February Making Decisions About Experimental Therapies
March Exploring Alternative and Complementary Medicine
April 10 Coping Mechanisms
May The Future of Science and Technology
June Developing the Role of the Patient Navigator
September The Patient Navigator System
October Overcoming Barriers to Information and Access
November The Relevance of Optimal Communication
November The Second Meeting in November
December The Yin and Yang of Estrogens and Antiestrogens