Punts on the River Cam, Cambridge

 

Cambridge Conference on

BREAST CANCER IMAGING

 

23rd - 24th March 2009

Robinson College, Cambridge, UK 

River Cam and the Backs 
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PROGRAMME

    Monday 23rd March 2009
     
09.00–09.25   REGISTRATION AND COFFEE
     
09.25-09.30   Welcome and Introduction - Dr. Sue Barter
     
    Session 1 – New Techniques in Screening
Sponsored by Sectra Ltd.
Chair: Dr. Sue Barter, (Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge)
     
09.30–10.00 1.1 Using Digital systems for screening: Advantages and Disadvantages
Dr. Russell Davies (Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital)
     
10.00-10.30 1.2  Tomosynthesis
Dr. Matthew Wallis (Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge)
     
10.30-11.00 1.3  Infrared Imaging
Mr. Gordon Wishart (Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge)
     
11.00-11.15   Discussion
     
11.15-11.45   Coffee
     
    Session 2 – Evaluation of Screening Data
Chair: Dr. Matthew Wallis (Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge)
     
11.45-12.15 2.1  Impact on Mortality Reduction from Service Screening
Professor Stephen Duffy (Cancer Research UK, London)
     
12.15-12.45 2.2  Stochastic Models for risk due to dose
Professor Keith Faulkner (Quality Assurance Reference Centre, Wallsend)
     
12.45-13.00   Discussion
     
13.00-14.00   Lunch
     
    Session 3 – New Challenges and Developments in Screening
Chair: Dr. Simon Girling (Norwich)
     
14.00-14.25 3.1  Implementing NHSBSP extension– How will randomisation of batches work?
Professor Julietta Patnick (Director NHS Breast Screening Programme, Sheffield)
     
14.25-14.50 3.2 Screening the over 70's? We shouldn't
Dr Andy Evans (Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham)
     
14.50-15.15 3.3 High Risk Screening under the NHSBSP umbrella, DoH view
Dr. Erika Denton (Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich)
     
15.15-15.30   Discussion
     
15.30-16.00   Tea
     
16.00-16.45 3.4 KEYNOTE LECTURE – BIG Professor 'CAD, where now?'
Dr. Ros Given-Wilson (St. George’s Hospital, London)
     
19.00-19.30   Conference Drinks Reception (Exhibition Marquee)
     
19.30-23.00   Conference Dinner, Robinson College Main Dining Room
     
    Tuesday 24th March 2009
     
    Session 4 – Trials and Tribulations
Chair: Professor Iain Lyburn (Gloucestershire Breast Screening)
     
09.00–09.25 4.1 The Sloane Project
Dr. Hilary Dobson (West of Scotland Breast Screening Programme)
     
09.25-09.50 4.2 Results from FH01
Dr. James MacKay (University College London)
     
09.50-10.15 4.3 Data from Hodgkins Screening
Dr. Sue Moss (Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit, Dept. of Health)
     
10.15-10.30   Discussion
     
10.30-11.00   Coffee
     
    Session 5 – Challenges in MRI and PET
Chair: Dr Patrick Whitear (Ipswich Hospital, Suffolk)
     
11.00-11.30 5.1 Screening with MRI; European Guidelines
Professor Fiona Gilbert (University of Aberdeen)
     
11.30-12.00 5.2 The role of PET/CT in breast cancer
Dr. Iain Lyburn (Gloucestershire Breast Screening, Cheltenham)
     
12.00-12.45 5.3 Breast MRI: The State of the Art
Prof. Susan Orel (Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA)
     
12.45-13.00   Discussion
     
13.00-14.00   Lunch
     
    Session 6 – Advances in the Symptomatic Setting 1
Chair: Dr. Hilary Dobson (West of Scotland Breast Screening Programme)
     
14.00-14.45 6.1 Investigating the axilla - a debate: FNA vs. Core
     
    For Core Biopsy: Dr Eleanor Cornford (Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham)

For FNA:
Dr. Graham Hurst (Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, Norwich)

Discussion
     
14.45-15.15   Tea
     
    Session 7 – Advances in the Symptomatic Setting 2
Chair: Dr. Leigh Moss (Northampton General Hospital)
     
15.15-15.45 7.1 Setting up an MRI Biopsy Service
Dr Matthew Gaskarth (Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge)
     
15.45-16.15 7.2  ‘False Negative’ symptomatic mammography
Dr. Ruchi Sinnatamby (Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge)
     
16.15-16.30   Discussion
     

16.30-16.40
  Closing Remarks
     
     
     

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