Breast Cancer Trials
We look forward to an in-person meeting, offering the opportunity for colleagues and Breast Cancer Trials members to connect in Hobart, Tasmania for #BCT2025. The registration desk will be open from 8 AM Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Professor Elgene Lim Presenting at the 2023 ASM in Auckland
Breast Cancer Trials (BCT) is a world-leading clinical trials research organisation, dedicated to finding new and better treatments and prevention strategies for people affected by this disease. Our research program involves multicentre national and international clinical trials and brings together more than 980 researchers across 118 institutions throughout Australia and New Zealand.Â
This is the official website for our 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM), and this year is the 46th year of the conference, which will be held in Hobart, Tasmania. Our ASM hosts a number of internationally renowned guest speakers including key BCT researchers. Delegates include leading Australian and New Zealand medical practitioners, clinicians, and clinical trials management personnel.
The full and extensive program will include two days of scientific sessions covering timely reviews of breast cancer clinical trials, discussion of new protocols, future clinical trials research, and other research developments. The program will also include abstracts, and debates, and is followed by a Trainee and Early Career day on Saturday.
Thank you to Daiichi-Sankyo | AstraZeneca for being our Platinum Sponsor at #BCT2025. Click here for more information about sponsorship opportunities at our upcoming conference.
The BCT ASM is not open to the general public to attend.
The conference website undergoes regular updates to provide attendees with the latest information regarding the program, esteemed guest speakers, grant and awards opportunities, as well as registration updates. We encourage you to revisit the site at a later date for the most up-to-date information. Please note this is a preliminary program and is subject to change.
The Hotel Grand Chancellor
This is a closed meeting for CAP members only.
Roche will hold a Lunch Symposium on Wednesday 23 July. More information including the program and featured guest speakers for this session will be made available over the upcoming months.
The Hotel Grand Chancellor
Further information about the Q&A including the topic and location will be made available in the upcoming months.
The Faculty Dinner is for invitees only. Please note, the dress code for the Faculty Dinner is smart casual.
Novartis will hold a Breakfast Symposium on Thursday 24 July. More information including the program and featured guest speakers for this session will be made available over the upcoming months.
Daiichi-Sankyo | AstraZeneca will hold a Lunch Symposium on Thursday 24 July. More information including the program and featured guest speakers for this session will be made available over the upcoming months.
This meeting is open to Breast Cancer Trials members only.
The Conference Dinner will be hosted at Glen Albyn Estate, and buses will be available to take attendees from the hotel to the Conference Dinner at 7:00 PM, and back to the hotel following the dinner. The drive from the Hotel Grand Chancellor to Glen Albyn takes approximately 20 minutes. Please note, the dress code for the Conference Dinner is cocktail.
Pfizer will hold a Breakfast Symposium on Friday 25 July. More information including the program and featured guest speakers for this session will be made available over the upcoming months.
GILEAD will hold a Lunch Symposium on Friday 25 July. More information including the program and featured guest speakers for this session will be made available over the upcoming months.
More information about the dinner, including the location, will be made available in the upcoming months.
Trainees and those in the early stage of their careers, in medical oncology, radiation oncology, and surgical oncology are invited to attend the free BCT Trainee and Early Career Day, at the 46th ASM. Click here for more information about the session.
This award recognises a member of BCT who has made an outstanding contribution to our clinical trials research program.
This award recognises a Translational Researcher and their achievements and contributions to improved patient outcomes.
This award was established to encourage potential academic breast cancer surgeons to become involved in clinical trials research.
These grants recognise full members of BCT who are unable to access institutional funding to attend the ASM.
There are many benefits to becoming a member of BCT, including reduced registration at the ASM each year. All membership applications need to be received and supported by two proposers by Tuesday 13th May 2025 to be eligible to receive discounted registration for the 2025 ASM. The outcome of applications will be provided on Friday 23rd May 2025. Any memberships received after this date, will not be eligible for discount registration rates for the 2025 ASM.
There are two BCT membership categories: Full Member and Affiliate Member. A Full Member is deemed by the Board to be or will be directly involved in the conduct of the BCT research program. An Affiliate Member is deemed by the Board to have an interest in and awareness of BCT, and its’ research activities, but who is not involved in the conduct of the BCT’s research program.
If you would like more information or to apply for a membership, visit the link below.
The ASM brings together BCT members, breast cancer researchers, and those involved in the conduct of clinical trials, to learn more about recent advances in breast cancer research worldwide and to learn about the developments in BCT clinical trials.
International Guest Speaker
Professor Dame Lesley Fallowfield is Professor of Psycho-oncology at Brighton & Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex where she is Director of the Sussex Health Outcomes Research & Education in Cancer (SHORE-C) group.
Dame Lesley originally trained as a nurse at Guy’s Hospital, London but then did a BSc in Experimental Psychology at Sussex. Research for her doctorate examining the perceptual correlates of optic nerve damage in demyelinating diseases was completed at the Universities of Sussex and Cambridge.
In 1991 she became the full-time Director of a Psychosocial Oncology Group and in 1997 was awarded the first European Chair in Psycho-oncology from University College, London. Her research interests are wide and include the measurement of quality of life in clinical trials of cancer therapy and the training of communication skills for health care professionals in cancer.
She has published over 500 papers, many book chapters, 3 textbooks and numerous evidence-based educational materials for the teaching of communication skills. She lectures and runs training workshops throughout the world in psychosocial oncology, quality of life assessment and communication skills.
She is a Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences, an Honorary Fellow of the Association of Cancer Physicians UK and was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2016.
International Guest Speaker
Professor Reshma Jagsi, M.D., D.Phil., is the Lawrence W. Davis Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology and a Senior Faculty Fellow in the Center for Ethics at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
A graduate of Harvard College, Harvard Medical School, and the University of Oxford, where she earned her DPhil in Social Policy as a Marshall Scholar, she is the author of over 450 publications regarding both breast cancer and bioethics. She is the PI of multiple grants from the US National Institutes of Health, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, and other philanthropic foundations. Both a clinical trialist and health services researcher, she is known for research to strengthen autonomy in breast cancer patients and to individualize breast cancer care.
Inspired by the patients she encounters as a radiation oncologist who treats patients with breast cancer, she leads multicenter randomized trials of forgoing radiotherapy in lower-risk patients, intensifying it in patients with more aggressive disease, and enhancing patient-centered communication. She also investigates women’s under-representation in senior positions in academic medicine and the mechanisms that must be targeted to promote equity.
Active in organized medicine, she serves on the US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine, the US NIH Advisory Committee for Research on Women’s Health, the Steering Committee of the Early Breast Cancer Trialists Collaborative Group and the Lancet’s Breast Cancer Commission.
She has received many honors, including the AAMC Group on Women in Science and Medicine’s Leadership Award, LEAD Oncology’s Woman of the Year Award, ASTRO’s inaugural Mentorship Award, AMSA’s Women Leaders in Medicine Award, AWiS’s Meridian Award, AMA’s Inspiration Award, AMWA’s Woman in Science Award, and AAWR’s Marie Curie Award.
Her contributions have also been recognized with her election to the American Society of Clinical Investigation and Association of American Physicians, and she is a fellow of the AAAS, ASCO, ASTRO, AAWR, and the Hastings Center.
Conference Guest Speaker
Professor Dawson is a clinician-scientist at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Centre for Cancer Research at the University of Melbourne.
She is the co-program head of the Cancer Biology and Therapeutics Program, Group leader of the Molecular Biomarkers and Translational Genomics Laboratory, and Medical Oncologist in the Breast Unit.
Her current research interests are focused on the development of noninvasive blood-based biomarkers ('liquid biopsies') for clinical application, including early detection, risk stratification, and disease monitoring in cancer management.
Conference Guest Speaker
Professor Bruce Mann is the Director of Research at Breast Cancer Trials, Professor of Surgery at The University of Melbourne, and Director of the Breast Tumour Stream at the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre.
He has facilitated clinical and translational research into all aspects of breast cancer via the development and maintenance of extensive clinical data collection.
His research interests focus on tailored screening and treatment for early breast cancer. He was PI on Australia’s first decision impact study of Oncotype Dx, PI on a validation study of the DCISionRT assay for DCIS, national PI of the POSNOC study of axillary treatment for those with positive sentinel nodes, and is an instigator and principal investigator of the PROSPECT trial.
BCT is working to ensure that our annual conference is following environmentally sustainable practices through carbon offsetting our flights, re-using lanyards, and reducing paper waste through our conference website and app, which are used by our delegates and sponsors.
BCT is proud to be working with companies who share the same values when it comes to sustainability. Visit the links below to find out more about the sustainability practices of the Hobart Convention and Exhibition Centre, of which the Hotel Grand Chancellor falls under, and find out more about the sustainability practices we are implementing at Breast Cancer Trials.
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