<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">ken rosenberg</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rosenbergkd@yahoo.com">rosenbergkd@yahoo.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:18 PM<br>Subject: Epi Forum: Don Austin on Breast Cancer Risk Factors, Jan 16<br>To: Ken Rosenberg <<a href="mailto:rosenbergkd@yahoo.com">rosenbergkd@yahoo.com</a>><br><br><br><div><div style="font-size:14pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif">
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</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:8pt">Apologies for cross-posting</span></i></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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Forum presents:</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">What do we know about breast cancer risk
factors?</span></b></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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Don Austin, MD, MPH</span></b></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">Professor Emeritus, OHSU</span></b></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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of Public Health and Preventive Medicine</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">Thursday,
January 16, 2014<br>
3:00 - 5:00 pm</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><br>
(Presentation 3:30-4:30pm; Networking 3:00-3:30 & 4:30-5:00pm)<br>
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Portland State Office Building, 800 NE Oregon Street, Portland, Room 1D, </span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">MAX: NE 7th Avenue Station; Parking
is available near PSOB</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">Over the last half century, risk
factor epidemiology research has identified a number of risk factors for breast
cancer that we now rely on for lifestyle guidance and recommendations for
public health policy. Yet some of the risk factors have led to research designs
or to public policy decisions that were in error. <b>How do we interpret epidemiologic findings about risk factors and how
do we know when apparent findings are misleading?</b></span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">Dr.
Austin will present information about the development <a name="142ea64be1594089__GoBack"></a>of
breast tissue over a lifetime, and different susceptibilities to endogenous and
exogenous factors.<span> </span></span></b></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><ul style="list-style-type:disc;direction:ltr"><li style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><div style="line-height:normal;font-style:normal;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0in;font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">Is smoking a serious risk factor for
breast cancer?<span> </span></span></div></li><li style="font-style:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><div style="line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";margin-top:0in;font-weight:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">What about fresh grapefruit?</span></div></li><li style="font-style:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">
<div style="line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";margin-top:0in;font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">Is hormone replacement therapy a
minor risk?</span></div></li><li style="font-style:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><div style="line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";margin-top:0in;font-weight:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">What about ionizing radiation?</span></div></li><li style="font-style:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">
<div style="line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";margin-top:0in;font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">What about obesity?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">Is there evidence that some risks
can be prevented?</span></div></li></ul><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:8pt">Sponsors:<br>
Oregon Public Health Association (Epidemiology and Biostatistics section)<br>
Oregon Public Health Division<br>
The Center for Healthy Communities, a CDC funded Prevention Research Center at
OHSU</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:8pt">For more information
about Epidemiologists' Forum contact Ken Rosenberg <a href="tel:%28971%29%20673-0237" value="+19716730237" target="_blank">(971) 673-0237</a><br>
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</span><br></div></div></div></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Alissa Gabrielle Leavitt, MPH, CHES<br><a href="mailto:green.alissa@gmail.com">green.alissa@gmail.com</a><br>503-358-2331
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