Advanced Skills in Breast Disease Management
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23 March 2026
- 25 March 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
Ms Sarah Downey
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 12:15
Symptomatic (triple) assessment
Mrs Isabella Karat
12:15 to 13:00
Breast pathology
Dr Hannah Markham
14:00 to 14:30
Breast pain
TBC
14:30 to 15:00
Nipple discharge
TBC
15:00 to 15:30
Breast sepsis
Ms Alison Luther
15:30 to 16:00
Gynaecomastia
Mr Vassilis Pitsinis
16:30 to 17:00
Psychological Care
TBC
17:00 to 18:00
Diagnostic and screening MDT
All Faculty
Tuesday 24 March
08:30 to 09:15
Breast cancer tumour biology
TBC
09:15 to 10:00
Risk Reducing Surgery an The contralateral breast in unilateral breast cancer
Mr James Mansell
10:45 to 11:30
Risk: Lifestyle and Modifiable risk factors
TBC
11:30 to 12:15
Ductal carcinoma-in-situ
Dr Gurdeep S Mannu
12:15 to 12:45
Surgical margins after breast conserving surgery for DCIS and invasive
TBC
13:30 to 14:00
Breast conservation: oncoplastic surgical techniques Level I & II
Amit Agrawal
14:00 to 14:30
Mastectomy: oncological considerations, skin and nipple sparing mastectomy
TBC
14:30 to 15:00
Familial and genetic risk assessment
Dr Marc Tishkowitz
15:30 to 16:00
The axilla (primary surgery)
Professor John Benson
16:00 to 16:30
Pregnancy and fertility
TBC
16:30 to 18:00
Pre-operative surgical MDT
All Faculty
Wednesday 25 March
08:30 to 09:15
Radiotherapy for early breast cancer
Dr. Indrani Bhattacharya
09:15 to 09:45
HER2+ Early BC
Professor Helena Earl
09:45 to 10:15
Adjuvant and neoadjuvant endocrine therapy: pre and post- menopausal patients
TBC
11:00 to 11:30
High risk ER+ BC including genomic profiling and CDKi. Genomics in surgical practice.
Professor Ellen Copson
11:30 to 12:00
Triple -ve EBC
TBC
13:00 to 13:30
Surgical aspects of neoadjuvant therapy: Breast and Axilla
Mr James Lucocq
13:30 to 13:50
Gender reassignment surgery: from diagnosis to treatment.
Mr Dorin Dumitru
13:50 to 14:20
Bisphosphonates for bone protection and adjuvant treatment
TBC
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
