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Public Outreach Event 2020

How can we predict and prevent breast cancer now?

Public Outreach Event

Friday 23rd October 2020

To celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Manchester Breast Centre (MBC) hosted an online event to share the latest scientific developments with members of the public. This seminar is the first in a new series of MBC public engagement events, and focused on the risk factors and prevention of breast cancer.

 

Programme:

Introduction and welcome, Prof Rob Clarke

How do I examine my breasts? What happens at a breast clinic? Prof Cliona Kirwan

How do we predict the risk of breast cancer and why is it important? Prof Gareth Evans

What type of clinical approaches can be used to prevent breast cancer? Dr Sacha Howell

What are the benefits of breast feeding? Prof Charles Streuli

Q&A panel discussion, Dr Ahmet Ucar

 

 

Seminars


Date:  28 November 202400:00
Speaker:  Charlotte Coles
From:  University of Cambridge
Title:  The Lancet Breast Cancer Commission
Host:  MBC Symposium
 
Date:  28 November 202400:00
Speaker:  Therese Sørlie
From:  University of Oslo, Norway
Title:  Breast cancer progression in humans and mouse models
Host:  MBC Symposium
 
Date:  28 November 202400:00
Speaker:  Brian Booth
From:  Clemson University, South Carolina, USA
Title:  Phenotypic switching in mammary gland and breast cancer
Host:  MBC Symposium
 
Date:  28 November 202400:00
Speaker:  Momo Bentires-Alj
From:  University of Basel, Switzerland
Title:  Breast Cancer Metastasis: Act Locally, Think Globally
Host:  MBC Symposium