Programme
Monday 19 May
09:00 to 09:05
Welcome
Miss Leena Chagla
09:05 to 09:35
The Future of Breast Cancer Treatment
Professor Michael Gnant
09:40 to 09:55
Mastectomy Planes and Pedicles
Dr Nicola Rocco
09:55 to 10:10
Flat Mastectomies
Miss Jenna Morgan
10:10 to 10:25
When Mastectomies go Wrong
Ms Anushka Chaudhry
10:25 to 10:40
The Contralateral Breast
Miss Rachel O'Connell
10:40 to 10:55
Q&A Panel Discussion With Speakers
All Faculty
09:40 to 09:55
Pain in the Post-treatment Breast Cancer Patient
Dr Sue Hartup
09:55 to 10:10
Anxiety in the Post-treatment Breast Cancer Patient
Professor Nazanin Derakhshan
10:10 to 10:25
Restricted Mobility After Breast Cancer Treatment
Karen Livingstone
10:25 to 10:45
Skin Management After Treatment
TBC
10:45 to 10:55
Q&A Panel Discussion With Speakers
All Faculty
09:40 to 09:50
Clinicopathological characteristics and technical outcomes of node marking techniques and targeted axillary dissection in patients with node-positive breast cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy: Results from 772 participants in ATNEC randomised phas
Miss Monika Kaushik
09:50 to 10:00
The impact of pre-operative Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score® testing; the results of the PRE-DX randomised controlled trial
Mr Henry Cain
10:00 to 10:10
Breast augmentation: The ugly truth of the hidden NHS burden
Ms Sadia Jaskani
10:10 to 10:20
Meta-analysis of the long-term oncological safety of immediate breast reconstruction in patients with locally advanced breast cancer
Mr Max Seabrook
10:20 to 10:30
The impact of high penetrance genetic testing on surgical decision making
Ms Akriti Nanda
10:30 to 10:40
Impact of Feedback from Wearable Devices in Recovery after Breast Cancer Surgery
Mr Ahmed Latif
10:40 to 10:50
Superior Survival and Lower Recurrence Outcomes with Breast-Conserving Surgery Compared to Mastectomy Following Neoadjuvant Therapy in 607 Breast Cancer Patients
Damiano Gentile
11:35 to 11:50
AR in Breast Surgery
Pedro Gouveia
11:50 to 12:05
Are we Ready for Robotic Mastectomy?
Dr Antonio Toesca
12:05 to 12:20
AI in breast Pathology reporting - A North Wales experience
Dr Anu Gunavardhan
12:20 to 12:35
CINDERELLA Project: The patient side
Professor María João Cardoso
12:35 to 12:50
Q&A Panel Discussion With Speakers
All Faculty
11:35 to 11:45
Submitted paper: A National Review of the East Midlands Breast Pain Pathway - Community Breast Pain Clinics
Professor John Robertson
11:45 to 12:00
Breast Infections
Mr Daniel Leff
12:00 to 12:15
The ENIGMA of Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis
Dr Goonj Johri
12:15 to 12:30
Skin conditions of the breast
Dr Jenny Hughes
12:30 to 12:40
ASPIRE
Ms Jennifer Hu
12:40 to 12:50
Q&A Panel Discussion With Speakers
All Faculty
11:35 to 11:45
Submitted paper: Ductal carcinoma In Situ Cavity shave (DISC) Randomised Control Trial - A pilot study protocol
Miss Buket Ertansel
11:45 to 12:05
Decoding DCIS
Professor Elinor Sawyer
12:05 to 12:20
Margins and DCIS
Miss Sarah Tang
12:20 to 12:40
Axillary staging for DCIS
Dr Andreas Karakatsanis
12:25 to 12:55
Q&A Panel Discussion With Speakers
All Faculty
14:10 to 14:25
Management of Patients Undergoing Explantation: When and how
Rieka Taghizadeh
14:25 to 14:40
Augmentation Revision
Mr Paul Harris
14:40 to 14:55
Breast Cancer in Augmented Breasts
Mr Steven Thrush
14:55 to 15:10
Update on ALCL/BII
Dr Nicola Rocco
15:10 to 15:25
Q&A panel discussion with speakers
All Faculty
14:10 to 14:20
Submitted paper: Surviving longer, living harder - Addressing inequities in secondary breast cancer care
Mrs Caroline Tweedie
14:20 to 14:35
Metastatic Breast Cancer: Is There a Role for Surgery? Surgical Perspective
Professor Bahadir M. Gulluoglu
14:35 to 14:50
Metastatic Breast Cancer: Is There a Role for Surgery? Oncology Perspective
Dr Fharat Raja
14:50 to 15:05
Oligometastatic Disease: Should We Aim for a Cure?
Dr Anna Kirby
15:05 to 15:15
Patient View: Independent Cancer Patients’ Voice
Ms Lesley Stephen
15:15 to 15:25
Q&A panel discussion with speakers
All Faculty
14:10 to 14:25
St Gallen Consensus 2025 Update
Professor Michael Gnant
14:25 to 14:40
New Axillary Guidelines
Professor John Benson
14:40 to 14:55
PRECEDENT
Professor Stuart McIntosh
14:55 to 15:10
EndoNET
Professor Ramsey Cutress
15:10 to 15:25
Localisation Study Updates
Mr Edward St John, Mr Rajiv Dave
15:55 to 16:05
Submitted paper: Does contralateral symmetrising reduction improve wellbeing and satisfaction for patients undergoing oncoplastic breast reduction? A 15 year retrospective cross-sectional study
Dr Raabia Farooqi
16:05 to 16:20
Failed Therapeutic Mammoplasty: Picking up the Pieces
Professor Pankaj Roy
16:20 to 16:40
Oncoplastic Breast Surgery: The Uncomfortable Truth
Professor María João Cardoso
16:40 to 16:55
When to say no to Oncoplastic Breast Surgery
Ms Emma De Sousa
16:55 to 17:10
Q&A Panel Discussion With Speakers
All Faculty
15:55 to 16:10
BCIR data: 1 year data
Mr Lee Martin
16:10 to 16:25
GIRFT questionnaire data and update
Miss Tracey Irvine
16:25 to 16:40
Multimodal data in clinical practice with LLMs
Pedro Gouveia
16:40 to 16:55
EBCTCG Update
Dr David Dodwell, Professor Robert Hills
16:55 to 17:05
Update on the National Breast Cancer Audits
Professor Kieran Horgan
17:05 to 17:10
Q&A Panel Discussion With Speakers
All Faculty
15:55 to 16:10
Myths and misinformation in social media
Dr Cath Biddle
16:10 to 16:25
What we can and can’t do after axillary surgery
Miss Salena Bains
16:25 to 16:45
Myths about Radiotherapy
Dr John Conibear
16:45 to 17:00
Myths in Genetics and Hereditary Breast Cancer
Professor Diana Eccles
17:00 to 17:10
Q&A Panel Discussion With Speakers
All Faculty
17:15 to 17:21
Mini symposium sponsored by Merit: iBRA-NET Localisation study: Results of 1000+ SCOUT Radar™ placements
Mr James Harvey
17:21 to 17:28
Mini symposium sponsored by Merit: Non-Magnetic Non-Radioactive Surgery for Breast Conservation in Early Breast Cancer
Mr Vassilis Pitsinis
17:30 to 17:45
Mini symposium sponsored by GC Aesthetics
TBC
17:45 to 18:00
Mini symposium sponsored by Novartis: A new paradigm for treating HR+/HER2- early breast cancer patients at high risk of recurrence
Mr Daniel Leff
Tuesday 20 May
09:00 to 10:15
MDT panel
Dr Anne Armstrong, Mr Ashu Gandhi, Ms Sarah Adomah, Pete Wallroth
09:00 to 09:10
Submitted paper: Preoperative radiotherapy as a risk factor for implant loss - A 9-year retrospective analysis of implant-based reconstructions at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital
Giselle Ngan
09:10 to 09:25
SUPREMO
Professor Ian Kunkler
09:25 to 09:40
Radiotherapy: Less is more
Dr John Conibear
09:40 to 09:55
FAST-Forward Boost
Dr Anna Kirby
09:55 to 10:15
Q&A Panel Discussion With Speakers
All Faculty
09:00 to 09:15
Portfolio Pathway in Breast surgery: Tips and tricks for applicants and supervisors
Ms Masooma Zaidi
09:15 to 09:30
The Importance of the Breast Surgeon in the ARCP Process
Miss Sisse Olsen
09:30 to 09:45
How I Maximise Training for my Trainees
Ms Sarah Downey
09:45 to 10:00
The Mammary Fold Annual Survey Results and Actions
Miss Yasmin Hassen
10:00 to 10:15
Q&A Panel Discussion With Speakers
All Faculty
10:45 to 11:00
When Things Go Wrong With Implant Based Reconstruction
Miss Rachel Tillett
11:00 to 11:15
Failed Implants: What is Next?
Dr Nicola Rocco
11:15 to 12:00
Case Presentation and Panel Discussion
Mr Jaroslaw Krupa, Dr Nicola Rocco, Miss Rachel Tillett
10:45 to 10:55
Submitted paper: Clinical Management and Oncological Outcomes of Pure Pleomorphic and Florid Lobular Carcinoma in Situ of the Breast: Results from the MultiLCIS/OPBC International Multicentric Study
Dr Massimo Ferrucci
10:55 to 11:25
Wide Local Excision : Are there questions still remaining?
Professor Cliona Kirwan, Professor Kieran Horgan
11:25 to 11:35
B3 Lesions and High Risk Surveillance: Is 5 years what we need? Radiology Perspective
Dr Nisha Sharma
11:35 to 11:45
B3 Lesions and High Risk Surveillance: Is 5 years what we need? Pathology Perspective
Dr Abeer Shaaban
11:45 to 11:55
B3 Lesions and High Risk Surveillance: Is 5 years what we need? Surgical Perspective
Professor Lynda Wyld
11:55 to 12:00
Q&A Panel Discussion With Speakers
All Faculty
10:45 to 10:55
Mastitis and Mammary Abscess Management Audit (MAMMA): A survey of patients’ perspective on the management of mammary abscesses in the UK
Ms Alona Courtney
10:55 to 11:05
The efficacy and oncological safety of minimally invasive axillary strategies in node-positive breast cancer in patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy: A network meta-regression and trial sequential analysis
Mr James Lucocq
11:05 to 11:15
Impact of boost radiation for close margins following breast conservation for ductal carcinoma in-situ
Mr Ahmed Ezzat
11:15 to 11:25
Management of infected breast implants; a review with meta-analysis and evidence-based practice recommendation
Dr Sonam Patel
11:25 to 11:35
Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM) for Intraoperative Histopathological Margin Assessment in Breast Conservation Surgery
Mr Ken Ho
11:35 to 11:45
Impact of treatment effect on oncological outcomes in patients with a negative sentinel lymph node biopsy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for initially clinically node-positive disease
Mr Hussain Abdulla
11:45 to 11:55
Patient reported outcome measures in Immediate vs Delayed Contralateral Symmetrisation
Mr Ronak Patel
12:45 to 13:45
Shaping the future of treatment decisions using the Oncotype DX® test: testing before surgery - what can we learn from the PRE-DX study?
Professor Carlo Palmieri, Mrs Caroline Tweedie
13:55 to 14:05
Robotics
Dr Antonio Toesca
14:05 to 14:15
Tripedicle Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy
Dr Nicola Rocco
14:15 to 14:25
Key Considerations in Gender Affirming Mastectomy
Miss Chloe Wright
14:25 to 14:32
Video abstract: Skin-sparing mastectomy with dermal sling, implant and 3D ADM pre-pectoral reconstruction
Miss Sabrina Bezzaa
14:32 to 14:40
Video abstract: Extended ultrasound guided breast conserving surgery associated with LICAP flap mammaplasty
Dr Massimo Ferrucci
14:40 to 14:47
Video abstract: Therapeutic mammoplasty for all 9 zones of the breast - a simplified approach
Mr John Mathew
14:47 to 14:55
Video abstract: How to safely perform augmentation mastopexy
Mr James Lucocq
13:55 to 14:05
Genomic Profiling and Position of Risk Algorithms in Early Breast Cancer
Professor Mark Beresford, Dr Catherine Harper-Wynne
14:05 to 14:20
What We Know and What We Don’t About PREDICT 3
Dr Jeremy Braybrooke
14:20 to 14:35
Genomics Testing: Tissue or Blood?
TBC
14:35 to 14:50
National Genomics Test Directory Update: What Is Available Now and in the Near Future
Professor Ellen Copson
14:40 to 14:55
Q&A Panel Discussion With Speakers
All Faculty
13:55 to 14:05
An Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) led community primary endocrine therapy (PET) service - A review of 6-years’ progress
Mrs Jacqueline Bailey
14:05 to 14:15
Breast endocrine side-effect clinic at Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1 year review
Mrs Laura Baggaley
14:15 to 14:25
Pilot program within NHS of R208 seven-gene germline genetic testing in unselected cases of breast cancer delivered using clinician-light pathway: Interim service evaluation findings from first 1756 patients
Mrs Bethany Torr
14:25 to 14:35
Metabolic syndrome - A new prognostic factor in postmenopausal women with oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer: A retrospective cohort study
Miss Rania Diab
14:35 to 14:45
Survival after breast-conserving surgery in patients with multi-site breast cancer
Miss Rebecca Swan
14:45 to 14:55
A system-wide approach to enable equitable access to risk-reducing endocrine therapy: Part of the Greater Manchester Endocrine Therapy Improvement Programme (ETIP)
Miss Clare Garnsey
14:55 to 15:05
The impact of patient and clinical characteristics on the experience of care for breast cancer patients in England: An analysis of Cancer Patient Experience Survey data
Miss Sarah Blacker
15:10 to 15:20
Best way to perform a total en-bloc capsulectomy for confirmed or suspected breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma
Emma Blower
15:20 to 15:30
Can the Nipple Be Saved? The Role of Surgical Nipple Delay
Ms Rebecca Stoner
15:30 to 15:40
Technique to reduce tension at these junctions, especially the T Junction
Mr Hud Shaker
15:40 to 15:50
Non-clinical triaging
Mrs Kathryn Ellis
15:50 to 16:00
Getting back to normal activities information sheet and Breast Oedema advice leaflet
Mrs Lorraine Walker
16:00 to 16:25
Q&A panel with discussion with all speakers
All Faculty
15:10 to 15:35
Debate: Patients with >3 abnormal nodes on axillary ultrasound at presentation should not be considered for sentinel node biopsy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Professor Aoife Lowery, Professor Stuart McIntosh
15:35 to 16:00
Debate: Targeted Axillary Surgery (SLNB and excision of abnormal node) should be considered in all post-menopausal patients with one abnormal node on axillary ultrasound
Mr Daniel Leff, Ms Ruth Prichard
16:00 to 16:25
Debate: Patients undergoing risk reducing mastectomy should be offered a robotic approach where possible
Professor Arnold Hill, Dr Andreas Karakatsanis
