Advanced Skills in Breast Disease Management
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23 March 2026
- 25 November 2026
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3 days
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Selwyn College, Cambridge
Monday 23 March
09:25 to 09:30
Welcome & Introduction
Professor John Benson, Professor Ramsey Cutress
09:30 to 09:45
Opening remarks
TBC
09:45 to 10:30
Principles of breast cancer screening, NHS Breast Screening programme and protocols
TBC
10:30 to 11:00
Breast symptomatic radiological assessment
TBC
11:45 to 12:30
Breast pathology
Dr Hannah Markham
12:30 to 13:00
Principles of breast cancer screening
Dr William Teh
09:45 to 10:15
Symptomatic (triple) assessment
Mrs Isabella Karat
14:00 to 14:30
Breast pain
Miss Hiba Fatayer
14:30 to 15:00
Nipple discharge
Miss Natasha Jiwa
15:00 to 15:30
Breast sepsis
Mr Wilson Cheah
15:30 to 16:00
Gynaecomastia
Mr Avi Agrawal
16:30 to 17:00
Psychological Care
Dr Victoria Harmer
17:00 to 18:00
Diagnostic and screening MDT
All Faculty
Tuesday 08 April
08:30 to 09:15
Breast cancer tumour biology
TBC
09:15 to 09:45
The contralateral breast in unilateral breast cancer
Professor Ramsey Cutress
09:45 to 10:15
Risk reducing surgery
Mr James Mansell
10:45 to 11:30
Risk: Lifestyle and Modifiable risk factors
Associate Professor Toral Gathani
11:30 to 12:00
Ductal carcinoma-in-situ
Professor Mehra Golshan
12:00 to 12:30
Surgical margins after breast conserving surgery for DCIS and invasive
Mr Daniel Leff
13:30 to 14:00
Breast conservation: oncoplastic surgical techniques Level I & II
Mr Dorin Dumitru
14:00 to 14:30
Mastectomy: oncological considerations, skin and nipple sparing mastectomy
Miss Jennifer Rusby
14:30 to 15:00
Familial and genetic risk assessment
Dr Marc Tishkowitz
15:30 to 16:00
Management of the axilla in primary surgical patients
Professor John Benson
16:00 to 16:30
Pregnancy and fertility
Ms Sarah Downey
16:30 to 18:00
Pre-operative surgical MDT
All Faculty
Wednesday 09 April
08:30 to 09:00
Radiotherapy for early breast cancer
Dr Clare Crowley
09:00 to 09:30
HER2+ Early BC
Professor Ian McPherson
09:30 to 10:00
Radiotherapy, breast reconstruction and implants
Professor Charles Malata
10:00 to 10:30
Adjuvant and neoadjuvant endocrine therapy: pre and post- menopausal patients
Dr Bahar Mirshekar
11:00 to 11:30
Bisphosphonates for bone protection and adjuvant treatment
Dr Constantinos Savva
11:30 to 12:00
Triple -ve EBC
Professor Jean Abraham
13:00 to 13:30
Surgical aspects of neoadjuvant therapy: Breast and Axilla
Miss Julie Doughty
13:30 to 13:50
Gender reassignment surgery: from diagnosis to treatment.
Mr Dorin Dumitru
13:50 to 14:20
High risk ER+ BC including genomic profiling and CDKi
Professor Ellen Copson
14:20 to 14:40
San Antonio update
TBC
14:55 to 16:10
Postoperative adjuvant therapy MDT
All Faculty
16:10 to 16:30
Feedback and close of meeting
Professor John Benson, Professor Ramsey Cutress
