ABSI MIDCON 2024
16-17 February at JIPMER, Pondicherry
| 16.02.24 | DAY ONE | Speakers | |
| 8:45 – 900 | Welcome | Topics | |
| 900 – 1300 | Core Skills Training Workshop | Mammogram, Ultrasound, Core needle biopsy, Interpretation of pathology reports. | |
| 1300-1400 | Lunch | ||
| 1400-1430 | Video Session 1
Basic Breast Procedures |
Mastectomy | Dr Ishita |
| Breast Conserving Surgery | Dr Rohit Kumar C | ||
| Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy | Dr V Seenu | ||
| 1430 – 1515 | Session 1
Benign Breast Diseases |
High Risk Breast Lesion (15 min) | Dr Selvi Radhakrishna |
| Benign Breast Diseases Panel – Case Based Discussion (30 min) | Moderator:
Dr Pandiaraja |
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| Panelists- Dr Asha Reddy , Dr Ramya, Dr Srinivas B H, | |||
| 1515-1615 | Session 2
Current Concepts |
Updates on Breast Cancer risk prediction and screening (15 min) | Dr V Seenu |
| (15 min) | Dr Rohit | ||
| Pertuzumab in HER2-positive early breast cancer: current use and perspectives | Dr Unni Pillai | ||
| Genetic testing and Risk reducing surgery- Indian Perspective (15 min) | Dr Ashutosh Mishra | ||
| 1615-1700 | Conference Inauguration | Chief Guest Dr P. Raghuram OBE
Inaugural Address: “ABSI- Celebrating 13 Positively Eventful Years” |
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| 1700-1715 | Tea | ||
| SYMPOSIUM ON DEESCALATION & OPTIMISING OUTCOMES | |||
| 1715-1815 | Session 3
Can Less Be More |
De-escalation in Breast Cancer Management & optimising surgery (20 min) | Dr SVS DEO |
| Deescalating Radiation (20 min) | Dr Gunaseelan | ||
| Deescalating Medical therapy (20 min) | Dr Prashant G | ||
| 1815-1845 | Video Session 2
Advanced procedures |
LICAP | Dr Sanjit Agarwal |
| Reduction mammoplasty for breast cancer | Dr Selvi Radhakrishna | ||
| AICAP | Dr Asha Reddy | ||
| 1930 onwards | DINNER | Networking |
| 17.02.24 | DAY TWO | SPEAKERS | |
| 0900 – 1030 | PAPERS & POSTERS | Simultaneous EC Meeting | |
| 1030-1115 | Session 4
Current Concepts |
Updates in Neoadjuvant therapy and surgical Implications – Case based Panel Discussion (45 mins) | Moderator:
Dr DG Vijay |
| Panelists- Dr Ashutosh Mishra, Dr Raghuram K, Dr Biswajit D, Dr Jegadeesan, Dr Srinivas B H | |||
| 1115-1130 | TEA | ||
| 1130-1215 | Session 5
Equity in Care |
Role of Resource Based Breast Cancer treatment guidelines in resource constrained settings (15 min) | Dr SVS Deo
Moderator: Dr SVS Deo |
| SeminarDr Naveen P (economic burden of breast cancer care and barriers to accessing quality care)
Dr Seenu (making breast cancer care affordable – addressing treatment costs) Dr Babul Bansal (making breast cancer care affordable -role of early detection) Dr Kameswari Vissa (operations management interventions in cancer care delivery in India) (30 min) |
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| 1215-1315 | SESSION 6
Survivorship |
Quality of life after breast cancer management: identifying gaps (10 min) | Dr Manjula Rao |
| Survivor experiences: (patient perspective) (20 min) | Ms Suseela Martel Ms Jacqueline | ||
| Panel Discussion: Strategies to improve QOL; curative and palliative Dr Satish, Dr Ankit Jain, Dr Nancy, Mrs Premalatha, (Dr Ishita) (30 min), | Moderator: Dr Manjula Rao | ||
| 1315- 1400 | Lunch | ||
| 1400-1420 | Video Session 3
Advanced Procedures |
Mixed Bag | |
| Implant reconstruction | Dr Kirti Kabir | ||
| Grisotti | Dr Ashwin | ||
| 1420-1500 | MDT & Treatment Planning | Case based discussion – Interactive Discussion | Dr Prashant P |
| Experts on the panel | |||
| 1500-1545 | Mixed Bag | Land mark Publications in Breast Cancer (Last 5 years) | Dr Ashwin |
| Breast Cancer Follow Up – Guidelines | Dr M Satishkumar | ||
| 1545-1615 | QUIZ | ||
| 1615-1645 | Valedictory
Tea & farewell |