Detection and Diagnosis of Early Breast Cancer Using the Multimodality Approach

MULTIMODALITY DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST DISEASES

February 17-19, 2011

Faculty:
László Tabár, M.D., F.A.C.R. (Hon)

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
17 CME Credits

Tuition:
$795 USD - Physicians
$545 USD - Residents/Fellows/Military/Other (Definition of Residents/Fellows means" in training")
$395 USD - Technologists

Venue :
Cape Town Convention Center
Cape Town, South Africa
Tel: +27115518000

Accommodations:

Early Bird Rates 1700R-1900R with free shuttle service to and from Convention Center. (5-8 minutes) and breakfast included

Coral International Cape Town 5* Hotel
Contact Dominique von Wezop on the email d.wezop@coral-capetown.com to reserve the rooms. The reservation number for the room block is 36950
Tel: +214813700 or email: y.salie@coral-capetown.com

Or

Tuane Rover--Cape Town Convention Center
Hotel Services
Tel: +27214105000 or email: tuane@cticc.co.za

Program Objectives:
Having participated in this course, the physician should:

Be familiar with the varying appearance of a normal mammogram and how to avoid unnecessary callback.
• Understand the subgroups of in situ and invasive breast cancer.
• Have competence in the differential diagnosis of breast diseases.
• Be able to guide the diagnostic workup using mammog¬raphy, ultrasound and perform needle biopsy.
• Be able to analyze the mammographic and ultrasound image and determine which adjunctive methods will be most appropriate for each of the subgroups of breast diseases.
• Appreciate the importance of weekly tumor board meet¬ings and cooperation among radiologists, surgeons and pathologists.
• Understand the value and relationship of the main prognostic factors in order to predict the outcome of the disease.
• The technologists having attended the course should be proficient in mammographic technique and understand the rationale of mammographic workup in order to be a valuable member of the diagnostic team. This course is particularly recommended for technologists already familiar with mammography.

Multimodality Detection and Diagnosis / Mammographic differential diagnosis in depth:
• How to find breast cancer in early stages
• How to differentiate normal from abnormal tissue
• How to increase sensitivity and specifi city
• Differential diagnosis in depth of the fi ndings
• Adjunctive diagnostic tools, interventional methods

Topics Covered:
Normal breast - mammographic appearance; variations, impact of HRT.
In Situ Cancer and its subtypes - a special challenge.
The many histologic subgroups of invasive breast cancer and their varying
mammographic appearance.
Description of the natural history of breast cancer subtypes.
Mammographic differential diagnosis in depth :