CONICET | Buscador de Institutos y Recursos Humanos

The frst Buenos Aires Breast Cancer Symposium (BA-BCS) was held in a virtual format, between the 17th and the 21st ofMay 2021. The main goal of the meeting was to facilitate the interaction among physicians and basic researchers from SouthAmerica and with peers from the rest of the world. To embrace their diferent interests and concerns, the congress includednot only talks on basic, translational and clinical research, but also round tables to discuss diagnostic methods, researchfnancing and biobank management, as well as virtual poster sessions in which the youngest fellows presented their recentfndings. This report provides a brief overview of the talks delivered during the meeting, which addressed a wide varietyof vital issues for breast cancer research mostly focused on the accurate diagnosis, prevention and treatment of this illness.The presentations included a wide spectrum of themes including hormone receptors and the relevance of their mutations,immunotherapy, cancer stem cells, mouse models, environmental hazards, genetics and epigenetics, local and systemictherapies, liquid biopsies, the metastatic cascade, therapy resistance and dormancy, among others.