Foreword by the UEMS: Vassilios Papalois: President
Foreword by C Markopoulos, President of Division of Breast Surgery
Foreword by ESSO: Tibor Kovacs, President
Foreword by EUSOMA: Isobel Rubio, President
Section 1. LW and CM to lead
Anatomy and physiology of the breast and axilla.
Epidemiology of breast cancer and risk factors
The genetic basis of breast cancer, risk assessment and management
Breast screening in normal and high risk populations
Breast pathology (including multifocal, multicentric, biological subtypes, gene arrays, margins)
Breast imaging
Diagnosis and staging of breast cancer
DCIS
Section 2. Surgery to the breast and axilla. IR and LW to lead
Mastectomy (including SSM, NSM)
Breast conservation
Axillary surgery and management, including SLNB, ANC, tSLNB, axillary RT, Z11, adverse effects such as lymphoedema.
Surgery for stage 3, stage 4 and locally recurrent disease (including surgical principles after NACT)
Section 3. Oncoplastic and reconstructive surgery. LW and TK
Therapeutic mammoplasty: oncology, techniques, outcomes.
Breast reconstruction (immediate and delayed, immediate delayed, techniques, oncology, RT impacts, implants, flaps etc)
Lipomodelling
Breast implants (to include types, practical aspects of use, adverse events including BIALCL, leakage, capsule formation etc
Section 4. Adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapies. LW and CM
Endocrine therapy
Chemotherapy
Biological therapy
Bisphosphonates
Radiotherapy (IMRT, CT, Protons, IORT, brachytherapy)
Section 5. Management of metastatic breast cancer, LW and CM
Systemic therapy
Surgery for metastatic disease (oligometastatic, primary cancer, bone metastases)
Radiotherapy for metastatic disease: bone, soft tissue, brain (SABR, gamma knife)
Section 6. Breast cancer in special groups, LW and CM
Elderly
Young patients, including fertility preservation, BRCA carriers
Pregnancy
Male BC
Occult primary
Section 7. The academic viva. CM
Statistics for clinical trials
How to critique a paper
Key trials.