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Taste for the Cure: A Taste of Science is a virtual event that explores the impact of food and science on breast health. Presented by the UCSF Breast Care Center, the event was held virtually over two days: October 16 and 23, 2021. Download the 2021 Resource Handout
- Recipe from Day 2 (Oct 23rd) cooking demonstration:
Spinach + Cheese Baked Spaghetti Squash- Check out the substitutions Tab at the bottom for dairy-free cooking instructions!
- We don't suggest cooking along, given the compressed timeline.
- 9:00 AM Introduction
- 9:10 AM How the knowledge of background risk informs screening, choice of treatment, and order of treatment. Panelists: Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRS, Hope Rugo, MD, Fraser Symmans, MD, Lisa Madlensky, PhD Moderator: Laura Esserman, MD, MBA
- 9:55 AM Breast Care Center Clinical Studies Flash Talks-Part One
Presenters: UCSF Research Coordinators
- Introduction by Laura Esserman, MD, MBA
- Redefining what is cancer in 2022: Is it time to re-think the way we make diagnoses? Teddy Hill
- I-SPY 2.2: A personalized medicine clinical trial to learn about new drugs and optimize treatments for each patient. Jaeyoon Cha
- Why are we excited about offering women the opportunity to safely have less chemotherapy in the setting of high-risk breast cancer? Ebun Olunuga
- Why we need new approaches for hormone positive breast cancer (both ductal and lobular cancers). Julissa Molina-Vega
- Patient quality of life measures: what do they mean and how can they help us? Kaylee Blevins
- One Source 2021: Integrating clinical care and research in the clinic. Anna Northrop
- When a critical health decision needs to be made, who needs a scribe: Patients or physicians? Eliza Hearst
- Navigating the new UCSF BCC website to get all the information you need when you need it. Ananya Mittal
- 10:15 AM Zumba Exercise Class Instructors: Angie Shin and Judy Young, MPH
- 10:35 AM Normal Breast Tissue Organoids Reveal Prevention Drugs Presenter: Jennifer Rosenbluth, MD, PhD
- 10:45 AM Closing Remarks
Please check back for updates to this agenda.
Day 2: Saturday, October 23, 2021 | 9:00 - 11:00am
- 9:00 AM Introduction
- 9:10 AM What Active Surveillance has Taught Us About DCIS and How it has Informed New Options Today. Panelists: Alexander Borowsky, MD, Karen Goodwin, DO, FACS, Heather Greenwood, MD Moderator: Laura Esserman, MD, MBA
- 9:55 AM Breast Care Center Clinical Studies Flash Talks-Part Two
Presenters: UCSF Research Coordinators
- Introduction Laura Esserman, MD, MBA
- Rethinking screening in 2021: What has the last decade taught us? Paige Warner
- Why we need to personalize screening based on the risk for what type of cancer? Katherine Leggat-Barr
- How the changes in imaging and a risk-based personalized approach impact the cost-effectiveness of breast cancer screening. Rashna Soonavala
- DCIS: What is the role that imaging can play to determine the best treatment, surgery or active surveillance. Cristian Maldonado Rodas
- Vaccine trial for high-risk DCI. Nicki Schindler
- Tracking the rates of critically ill patients with COVID in the I-SPY COVID trial based on vaccinations. Alex Botello
- The microbiome and the potential role in reducing breast implant reconstruction infections. Anne Patterson
- Navigating the new UCSF BCC website to get all the information you need when you need it. Ananya Mittal
- 10:15 AM Cooking Demonstration Presenters: Chef Alison Mountford and Laura Esserman, MD, MBA
- 10:35 AM Helping the Tumor Immune Microenvironment to Beat Cancer Presenter: Alexander Borowsky, MD
- 10:45 AM Closing Remarks
Day 1: Saturday, October 16, 2021 | 9:00 - 11:00am
Day 2: Saturday, October 23, 2021 | 9:00 - 11:00am
View Highlights from Taste for the Cure 2020
Day 1: October 10, 2020
Day 2: October 17, 2020
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