Every year San Antonio gives place to the largest Breast Cancer Conference of the world. Almost 9.000 participants take part at the 5 days oncology profile event. The plenary lecturers offered up-to-the-minute assessments in the areas of epidemiology, tumor immunotherapy, and molecular pathways associated with breast cancer. There were about 50 oral presentations in the General Sessions and over 1100 posters. Four major awards honored clinicians and scientists who have made special contributions to the field of breast cancer research. Fortunately few experts from Hungary are able to cross the Atlantic to listen to the updates and present their work. We asked A. Marcell Szász (Semmelweis University - Budapest)  about the conference.

The General Assembly was held on the 1st of October 2009, the first day of the Congress. Eighty four members were present. The two most important issues on that day  were the election of the new Committee and the election of the new General Secretary. There was a long period of preparation to this election. This work was completed by Dr. Zsuzsa Schaff, who took on the position of the President of the Searching Committee. The list of the new Committee members is published here.