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The IMPAKT meeting brings together seven partners, representing the leading oncology, research and cancer advocacy network involved in breast cancer in Europe.

"We are very pleased that Susan G. Komen for the Cure has decided to support IMPAKT in this way," said Dr Jos Baselga, co-chair of the meeting. "Our aim is to help develop new treatments for breast cancer patients worldwide. The best hope of achieving this is by creating the largest possible network of breast cancer specialists to share their information, resources and findings."

The first IMPAKT meeting, 7-9 May 2009 in Brussels, Belgium, is designed to present and discuss advances in translational research and ways to quickly transform laboratory discoveries into tools that clinicians can use to help make decisions about the way they treat patients in their daily practice.

"With breast cancer being the most prevalent cancer in women worldwide, collaboration to fight this devastating disease is necessary," says Dr. Martine Piccart, co-Chair of the meeting. "IMPAKT fills an urgent need within the oncology community to coordinate efforts to bring the fruits of advances in science and technology to the patient's bedside."

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