Breast Cancer in Young Women
12 ESCO credits
02.09.2010 - 03.09.2010
Bern
COURSES AND SEMINARS
Description
Chair: S. Aebi, CH
Co-Chairs: G. Freilich, UK - F.A. Peccatori, IT
FORMAT OF THE EVENT
The two-day programme covers all spectrums of breast cancer in young women, including epidemiology, pathology, molecular biology, surgery, radiotherapy, systemic therapy, but also special issues like fertility preservation and subsequent pregnancies, psychosocial issues, physical activity and dietetic intervention, patients’ perspective and breast cancer during pregnancy. Multidisciplinar discussion of clinical cases will be an integral part of the course.
TOPICS
• Young women: to screen or not to screen?
• Preoperative MRI in young women with breast cancer
• Breast cancer surgery in young women
• Breast reconstruction in young women with breast cancer
• Sexuality and body image
• Pregnancy following breast cancer
• Breast cancer
• Partial breast irradiation in young women with breast cancer
• Adjuvant chemotherapy and endocrine therapy in young patients
• Adjuvant bisphosphonates
• Caring for young patients with advanced breast cancer
• Physical, psychological and social consequences
• What are the needs of young patients, and how do we find out?
• Preservation of fertility
• Breast cancer treatment during pregnancy and lactation
• Breast cancer pathology in young women
• Clinical relevance of gene expression profiling for young womens’ breast cancer
• Doctors and patients: special communication needs of young patients
• Nutrition, lifestyle and breast cancer
• Helping young patients to get the most out of the internet
• Management of high risk families
General information
ORGANISING SECRETARIAT
Roberta Ventura
CQ Travel
Via Pagliano, 37
20149 Milan, Italy
Tel: +39 02 480 49521
Fax:+39 02 43911 650
Email: eso@cq-travel.com
CONFERENCE VENUE
Inselspital
Langhaus Auditorium
Institute of Pathology H128, University of Bern
Murtenstrasse 31
CH - 3010 Bern, Switzerland
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
The official language of the course will be English. No simultaneous translation will be provided.
CERTIFICATES
All participants will be issued with a certificate of attendance at the close of the conference.
BADGE
The badge is the only official evidence of registration and should be worn at all times during the conference. Loss of badge means loss of registration.
INSURANCE
The organisers bear no responsibility for untoward events in connection with, before, during and after the conference. Participants are strongly advised to take out their own personal and travel insurance coverage.
CASE PRESENTATIONS
Participants are encouraged to submit a case presentation for a multidisciplinary discussion (September 3, 2010, 4:20 to 5pm). The cases should be presented with a short history, clinical findings, imaging (e.g. mammograms, ultrasound, MRI), photographs of pathology specimens, and other pertinent documentation. The cases will be presented by the participants; they should be prepared in Microsoft Power Point (or Acrobat PDF) and submitted until August 15, 2010 to Prof. Stefan Aebi (stefan.aebi@insel.ch) who will select the cases and inform the presenters.
Faculty list
FACULTY (as of April 2010)
S. Aebi, University Hospital Berne, CH
J. Alder, University Hospital Basel, CH
A. Baildam, University Hospital of South Manchester, UK
B. Borisch, University of Geneva, CH
M. Eicher, Haute Ecole de Santé, Fribourg, CH
G. Freilich, Europa Donna, The European Breast Cancer Coalition, London, UK
T. Galiardi, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK
O. Gentilini, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, IT
G. Gruber, Klinik Hirslanden, Zurich, CH
A. Günthert, University Hospital Berne, CH
B.A. Gusterson, Western Infirmary, University of Glasgow, UK
J. Huober, Kantonsspital, St. Gallen, CH
M.W. Kissin, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK
S. Loi, Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels, BE
S. Loibl, German Breast Group, Frankfurt, DE
O. Pagani, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, CH
P. Pasanisi, IRCCS Foundation, National Cancer Institute, Milan, IT
F.A. Peccatori, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, IT
E. Rapiti, University of Geneva, CH
A. Santi, University Hospital Berne, CH
S. Strasser, Kantosspital, St. Gallen, CH
M. Watson, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
Programme
2 September
OPENING SESSION | |
9:00 | Welcome and introduction |
9:10 | Keynote lecture: Breast cancer in young women - an orphan disease |
9:50 | MRI - a standard of pre-operative care? |
SURGERY Chair: S. Aebi, CH | |
10:15 | Breast cancer surgery in young women |
10:45 | Breast reconstruction. State of the art A. Baildam, UK |
11:15 | Coffee break |
SPECIAL ISSUES Chair: F.A. Peccatori, IT | |
11:30 | Sexuality and body image J. Alder, CH |
12:00 | Pregnancy following breast cancer O. Pagani, CH |
12:40 | Lunch break |
ADJUVANT THERAPIES Chair: F.A. Peccatori, IT | |
14:00 | Is partial breast irradiation safe in young patients? G. Gruber, CH |
14:30 | Adjuvant chemotherapy and endocrine therapy in young patients: current state of affairs S. Aebi, CH |
15:15 | Adjuvant bisphosphonates: a new standard for all young patients? J. Huober, CH |
15:45 | Caring for young patients with advanced breast cancer F. Strasser, CH |
16:15 | Coffee break |
THE IMPACT OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT | |
16:45 | Physical, psychological and social consequences - a young patient's perspective M.M. Kuan, CH |
17:15 | What are the needs of young patients, and how do we find out? M. Eicher, CH |
3 September
| BREAST CANCER, FERTILITY AND PREGNANCY |
9:00 | Preservation of fertility A. Santi, CH |
9:30 | Breast cancer treatment during pregnancy and lactation |
10:00 | The obstetrician and gynecologist's point of view S. Loibl, DE |
10:30 | A patient's perspective B. Sequeira Santos, PT |
10:50 | Coffee break |
| PATHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY Chair: F.A. Peccatori, IT |
11:15 | Breast cancer pathology in young women B.A. Gusterson, UK |
11:40 | Clinical relevance of gene expression profiling for young womens’ breast cancer S. Loi, BE |
12:05 | Coffee break |
PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES Chair: G. Freilich, UK | |
12:20 | Doctors and patients: special communication needs of young patients M. Watson, UK |
12:45 | Doctors and patients: plain talk and medical jargon M.W. Kissin, UK |
13:15 | Lunch break |
LIVING WITH BREAST CANCER Chair: G. Freilich, UK | |
14:30 | Nutrition, lifestyle and breast cancer: what can I do? P. Pasanisi, IT |
15:00 | Helping young patients to get the most out of the internet B. Borisch, CH |
MANAGEMENT OF HIGH RISK FAMILIES Chair: S. Aebi, CH | |
15:20 | Moving genetics into clinical care O. Pagani, CH |
15:55 | Best surgical prophylaxis O. Gentilini, IT |
16:10 | Coffee break |
MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE Chair: S. Aebi, CH | |
16:20 | Cases prepared by participants and coordinated by Stefan Aebi A. Günthert, CH - G. Gruber, CH - F.A. Peccatori, IT |
17:00 | Summary and closing remarks G. Freilich, UK |