Stanley Lipkowitz, M.D., Ph.D., senior investigator in the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), will present, "An Introduction to Genomics: Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment." His lecture is part of the Genomics in Medicine Lecture Seriessponsored by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) in collaboration with Suburban Hospital and Johns Hopkins Medical School.
Dr. Lipkowitz will introduce the genomic characterization of breast cancer as currently used in the clinic to define breast cancer subtypes, stratify risk and determine treatment. He will also discuss how genomics are likely to impact the future management of breast cancer.
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