Breast Cancer Management for Surgeons

Christos Markopoulos is Professor of Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece and Head of the Breast Unit. He is the President of the Division of Breast Surgery of the UEMS Section of Surgery  and the founder and Chair of the Hellenic Society of Breast Surgeons (2000-2015). He is an active member of multiple Breast International Societies, including British Association of Breast Surgery (ABS) and European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO) and has been elected member of the Executive Committee of the European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA).Professor Markopoulos has published over 300 scientific papers in peer reviewed national and international medical journals having over 9,000 citations and has also authored several books on the management of breast disease.Andreas Karakatsanis is Associate Professor of Breast Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine of Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden and a Senior Consultant Oncoplastic Surgeon in the Breast Unit of the Uppsala University Hospital (Akademiska). He is member of the Executive Committee of the Division of Breast Surgery of the UEMS Section of Surgery and Board Member of the Swedish Society for Breast Surgery. He is an active member of multiple International Societies, including the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO), the European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA) and a member of the Scientific Committee of the EUBREAST Research Group and the BRESO initiative.Dr Karakatsanis has published extensively in peer reviewed in international medical journals having over 1,000 citations and has also authored several books on the management of benign and  malignant breast disease.

• 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.