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To eradicate breast cancer we need to begin where breast cancer begins—inside the breast ducts. The intraductal approach to the breast utilizes new technologies, such as catheters and scopes that can be threaded through the nipple into the milk ducts, to advance our understanding of breast cancer risk assessment, prevention, detection, and treatment.
The Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation believes the intraductal approach is what will move us from the traditional model of breast cancer detection and treatment to a new approach: prediction and prevention. To bring us closer to our goal, the Foundation conducts its own research utilizing the intraductal approach. Our current research program is focused on advancing our understanding of the normal breast.
The Foundation also provides grants to researchers who are utilizing the intraductal approach. These pilot grants, which can be leveraged by researchers for future funding, are designed to help experienced researchers pursue and explore innovative, outside-the-box ideas and to encourage more scientists to enter this promising field. The Foundation has awarded more than $800,000 in pilot grants since 1998.
To advance the field of intraductal research, the Foundation hosts the biennial International Symposium on the Intraductal Approach to Breast Cancer, the only conference focused solely on the intraductal approach. The symposium provides a unique opportunity for researchers to share data, form new collaborations, and learn the latest advances in the intraductal field.
Our grant cycle coincides with our biennial symposium. The next symposium will be held March 1-4, 2007 in Santa Monica, California. Located only eight miles north of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Santa Monica is a short drive from downtown Los Angeles and less than an hour from virtually every major visitor destination in Southern California. The beach setting and the city's world-class restaurants and first-rate shops are the number-one reason many people visit Santa Monica.
Learn more about the symposium and the grant application process.
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