This year's CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium received 1,641 abstract submissions before their deadline closed on June 21, 2011, an increase over the previous 2009 record of 1,464.

Selected abstracts will be presented as part of the robust program hosted by the Cancer Therapy & Research Center at UT Health Science Center in San Antonio, the American Association for Cancer Research and Baylor College of Medicine.

Now in its 34th year, the CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium remains the premier venue for exciting studies in the field of breast cancer research and treatment. The program continues to present essential up-to-the-minute information and fosters discussion for basic, translational and clinical cancer research professionals.

Source: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)