The 17th Annual Conference of the Indian College of Cardiology (ICC) was held between 20th and 23rd of August, 2010 in Bangalore at Hotel ITC Royal Gardenia, India. The conference was preceded by a pre-conference live workshop on August 19, 2010 held at Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, which included live case discussions. The inaugural and convocation ceremony was held on August 20, 2010. The beginning of the ceremony was marked by invoking the blessings of...

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Perspective: Evaluating Genetic Risk for Breast Cancer Tuesday, October 12, 2010 Elsevier Global Medical News By Peter Hulick, M.D. Approximately 12% of women will develop breast cancer over the course of their lifetimes with more than 200,000 expected to be newly diagnosed in 2010. Given the prevalence of breast cancer in the general population, identifying those patients who likely represent a sporadic occurrence vs. those with a significant inherited or genetic component poses a...

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