IBUS: Modern Breast Ultrasound and other Diagnostic Procedures – Update

A lecture and workshop programme
February 24-25, 2006 at Technopark Zürich, Switzerland

Friday, 24th February 08.00 Registration   09.00 Welcome and course introduction Ch. Rageth 09.10 New German S3 guidelines for ultrasound H. Madjar 09.40 Standards and guidelines for x-ray mammography A. Mundinger 10.10 MRI and MRI-guided procedures: Standards and guidelines L. Philpotts 10.40 Coffee break   11.00 Breast screening for early breast cancer R. Otto 11.30 General standards and guidelines for ultrasound H. Madjar 12.00 Breast ultrasound and ultrasound biopsy techniques L. Philpotts 12.30 Achieving a correct diagnosis R. Zanetti 13.00 Lunch   14.00 Demonstrations – faculty members   14.30 Breast Centers – the benefits for patients L. Philpotts 15.00 Imaging follow up of the postoperative breast R. Otto 15.30 Discussion   15.45 Coffee break   16.15 Interactive “hands-on” workshops with faculty members   18.00 End     Saturday, 25th February 09.00 X-ray mammography BI-RADS (Adapted) R. Otto 09.20 Ultrasound BI-RADS (Adapted) H. Madjar 09.40 MRI BI-RADS (Adapted) A. Mundinger 10.00 Importance of double reading E. Garzoli 10.20 Incorporating new technologies into practice (Digital, CAD, MRI) L. Philpotts 10.50 Discussion   11.10 Coffee break   11.30 Interventional procedures – cytology R. Otto 12.00 Interventional procedures – core biopsy E. Durante 12.30 Interventional procedures – Tissue sampling of breast lesions and lymph nodes Ch. Rageth 13.00 Lunch   14.00 Demonstrations – faculty members   14.30 Controversies in histology from percutaneous biopsy L. Philpotts 15.00 Underestimation of breast pathology with needle biopsy sampling M. Fehr 15.30 Multifocality, multicentricity, staging and planning for surgery E. Durante 16.00 Case studies, BI-RADS ranking – faculty members   17.00 Conclusion