Women’s Cancers: Speed Science Panel
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A three part panel session on topics related to cancers as they affect women. Dr. Anosheh Afghahi, MD, MPH, will provide an overview of breast cancer genetic testing and share the latest advances in breast cancer screening and prevention. Dr. Sigurdis Haraldsdottir, MD, discusses risk factors for colorectal cancer and will present treatment and prevention strategies and the role of precision health. Dr. Oliver Dorigo, MD, PhD, discusses ovarian cancer, and the importance of using different treatments in combination and discovering new detection and monitoring methods. He'll also talk about how immunotherapy offers a new and promising strategy for treating ovarian tumors.
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