3rd International Breast Symposium
Contrasting Attitudes to Breast Care: United States v Europe
A programme of lectures from renowned American & European breast centres
The Royal Institution of Great Britain
21 Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4BS
Thursday 20th May 2010
Topics & Speakers
Chair: Prof. Karol Sikora, Medical Director of CancerPartnersUK
International Keynote Speakers
Welcome from Susan E Smith, CEO, The Princess Grace Hospital
Introduction by Prof. Karol Sikora, Symposium Chairman
Breast cancer survival in the UK, Europe and the USA
Prof. Michel Coleman
Recall, detection and false positive rates - US and European practice
Prof. Roland Holland (Nigmegen, Netherlands)
Contrast enhanced breast MRI - appropriate (and inappropriate) use
Prof. Sylvia Heywang- Köbrunner (Munich, Germany)
The importance of Breast Density at the LBI
Dr. Nick Perry
Women’s attitudes to specialist breast centres and associated research activity in the USA
Rocky Billups (USA)
Skin-sparing Mastectomy & Immediate Reconstruction: The LBI Experience
Prof. Kefah Mokbel
Recent advances in systemic therapy - contrast between European and US practice
Dr. Paul Ellis
