Challenges and pitfalls of preoperative cytology and core biopsy diagnosis
Day One (Friday 4 Nov 2011)
Microscopy Workshop (incorporating light and virtual microscopy)
Participants will be provided with light microscopes and/or virtual microscopy stations to evaluate breast lesions.
8.00 am Coffee
8.30 am Welcome and introduction.
8.45 am Papillary breast lesions – individual microscopic review.
9.15 am Papillary breast lesions – discussion of selected cases.
10.30 am Coffee break.
11.00 am Fibroepithelial breast lesions – individual microscopic review.
11.30 am Fibroepithelial breast lesions – discussion of selected cases.
12.45 pm Lunch
1.45 pm Borderline and low grade breast lesions – individual microscopic review.
2.15 pm Borderline and low grade breast lesions – discussion of selected cases.
3.30 pm Coffee break.
4.00 pm Unusual breast lesions – individual microscopic review.
4.30 pm Unusual breast lesions – discussion of selected cases.
5.45 pm Closing remarks.
Day Two (Saturday 5 Nov 2011)
Lectures
8.00 am Coffee
8.45 am Welcome and introduction.
9.00 am The pathologist’s hook to preoperative breast diagnosis – an angler’s view.
9:45 am Before the aspirate and biopsy – the radiological panorama.
10.30 am Coffee break.
11.00 am Breast cytology in preoperative diagnosis – how not to be washed away.
11.45 am The cytologically indeterminate breast lesion – myth, reality or chaos?
12.30 pm Lunch
1.30 pm Essentials of the core biopsy report – a fisherman’s guide.
2.15 pm Preoperative breast core biopsies – navigating the minefields.
3.00 pm The borderline breast lesion on core biopsy – can we be less ambiguous?
3.45 pm Coffee break.
4.15 pm Molecular cytology – to infinity and beyond.
5.00 pm Closing remarks.