Familial Breast Cancer & Genetic Testing

Posting Date : 25th April 2008 - ID 490

Speaker : Dr Teo Soo-Hwang
Chief Executive
Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF)

Date : Saturday, 10 May 2008

Programme :

2.00 pm Lecture by Dr Teo Soo-Hwang
3.00pm Q & A session
4.00pm Refreshments
4.30pm End

Venue: Conference Room
Subang Jaya Medical Centre (SJMC)


Kindly register to confirm your attendance as seating is limited. Please contact :
Ms Yoon Sook-Yee : Tel : 03-56306774 or sookyee.yoon@carif.com.my
Ms Marion Khor : Tel- 03 79540133 or bcwa@streamyx.com

Websites : http://www.radiologymalaysia.org/breasthealth/
http://www.carif.com.my/main.htm

Breast cancer is the most common cancer amongst Malaysian women and the majority of breast cancers are not due to inherited (genetic) factors. For most women, getting older is the greatest risk factor for developing breast cancer. However, for a small number of families, breast cancer runs in the family and this may be caused by a faulty gene. In this public lecture, Dr Teo will outline what we currently know about faulty breast cancer genes in the Malaysian population and provide some information about what you can do if you think you are at risk to familial breast cancer.

About the speaker:
Dr Teo Soo-Hwang is the Chief Executive of CARIF. She is originally from Kuala Lumpur and obtained a first class Masters degree and PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge. Soo-Hwang has won a number of awards, including science awards such as the Wellcome Trust Award, the FASEB Young Investigator Award and the prestigious Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship; and awards for contributions to society, including the Prudential PruLady Award and the Women’s Weekly Great Women of Our Time Award.
Together with YM Tunku Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Ahmad Yahaya and YABhg Toh Puan Aishah Ong, Soo-Hwang founded CARIF (Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation), to identify more effective and affordable ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer in Malaysia. CARIF is a research organization comprising 21 scientists working full time on cancer research.

About CARIF :
CARIF (Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation ) is a Malaysian non-profit cancer research organization. In one of our research programmes in collaboration with Universiti Malaya, we have examined the role of BRCA1 & BRCA2 in familial breast cancer in Malaysia and we are using the research to determine which women are high risk to breast cancer. For more information, please contact Dr Teo Soo-Hwang or Ms Yoon Sook-Yee at Tel: 03-56306774 Fax: 03-56306775 Email: canre@tm.net.my

About BCWA :
Breast Cancer Welfare Association (BCWA) offers psychosocial support and practical assistance to help improve the quality of life for individuals with breast cancer. Public education programmes on breast health issues and managing life after breast cancer, as well as, breast self-examination training workshops are conducted by the staff and volunteers of BCWA. For further information contact BCWA, 5th Floor Bangunan Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, 16 Jalan Utara, 46200 Petaling Jaya. Tel: 03 79540133 Fax: 03 79540122 Email: bcwa@streamyx.com

Location : Subang Jaya