Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Recent Advances and Future Directions in Endocrine Manipulation of Breast Cancer: Conference summary statement

The Fourth International Conference on Recent Advances and Future Directions in Endocrine Manipulation of Breast Cancer, co-chaired by Steven Come, MD, and Aman Buzdar, MD, was held in Cambridge, MA, July 21-22, 2004. The conference was organized with the objective of analyzing recent advances in basic, translational, and clinical research relating to endocrine manipulation of breast cancer, and examining the implications of these findings both for patient management and for future research. Conference attendees were selected based on their contributions to the basic or clinical understanding of breast cancer, and included internationally recognized researchers in the fields of molecular biology, pharmacology, epidemiology, and medical oncology.