Breast Cancer Grand Round with A/Prof Kara Britt
The link between the pregnancy induced changes in the breast and long-term immune protection against breast cancer
10 June 2026
Women who have had multiple full-term pregnancies are in part protected against the development of breast cancer compared to women who have no history of pregnancy. In this Grand Round, A/Prof Kara Britt will describe how pregnancy-induced tissue-resident memory T cells can protect against breast cancer and what is recruiting them.
Warning: The VCCC Alliance Breast Cancer Grand Round is targeted at a clinical audience and features open discussion about real cases and patients. While these cases are de-identified, the imagery, content and discussion can be graphic. It is not appropriate for consumer participants.
Associate Professor Kara Britt
A/Prof Britt leads the Breast Cancer Risk and Prevention Lab within the Cancer Evolution and Metastasis Program. She obtained her PhD from Monash University working on female reproductive endocrinology and undertook a CJ Martin fellowship at the Institute of Cancer Research (UK) under the mentorship of Alan Ashworth and Matthew Smalley. Her work has helped define why women in today’s society have an increased incidence of breast cancer. Her lab has been instrumental in developing pre-clinical models for prevention-based research.
A/Prof Britt has held Early and Mid-Career Victorian Cancer Agency Fellowships and a National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) Early Career fellowship. Her work has been supported by NHMRC, Equity Trustees, NBCF, and the Basser Centre (USA). She also co-chairs the VCCC Accelerating Novel Therapies Program which aims to increase the number of new drugs translating through to the patients that need it most.
Resource details
This course is brought to you by
