Risk Reducing Surgery
Wednesday 04th May
13:00 - 17:00
Live Surgery Session
Risk-reducing mastectomy with TAP flap reconstruction
Thursday 05th May
08:40 - 10:30
Risk Reducing Surgery
Live Stream - All day
The pathway to Risk Reducing Surgery
Speaker: Kristjan Asgeirsson and Nicky Scott
Panel Discussion
11:00 - 12:30
Technique in Direct To Implant Reconstruction
Forming the pocket: Sub-pectoral / Pre-pectoral
Speaker: Amy Colwell; Steven Jacobson
Selecting the lower pole support device
Speaker: Kristjan Asgeirsson
Wound closure and drain management
Speaker: Amy Colwell
Pain Management in RRS
Speaker: Steven Jacobson
Predicting / monitoring mastectomy flap ischaemia
Speaker: Amy Degnim
Panel Discussion
14:00 - 16:00
Risk and Risk Management
Population Based Genetic Testing - Is that where we are heading?
Speaker: Steven Narod
Effectiveness of surgical risk-reducing strategies
Speaker: Amy Degnim
Are There Any Acceptable Non-surgical Risk-reducing Strategies?
Speaker: Steven Narod
Panel Discussion
Invited lecture - "Back to the future" The story behind the identification of the BRCA genes and our present understanding of their role in breast cancer risk and treatment.
Speaker: Jórunn Erla Eyfjörð (University of Iceland)
17:00 - 21:00
Social Event
Bus departing for Blue Lagoon
Evening Dinner
Friday 06th May
08:50 - 12:00
Live Surgery
Live Stream - All Day
Mark-up of Patient and Planning of Bilateral Risk-reducing Mastectomy and DTI
Speaker: Kristjan Asgeirsson and Douglas Macmillan
Live Risk-Reducing Surgery
Speaker: Stephen McCulley/Amy Colwell/Amy Degnim
12:00 - 14:00
Controversies
Talks and operation link running simultaneously
The two-surgeon or one surgeon model: Two is better than one / One is better than two
Speaker: Amy Colwell; Stephen McCulley
Revision / Maintenance Surgery
Speaker: Stephen McCulley / Douglas Macmillan
Lunch
restaurant
14:00 - 00:00
Associated Risks and the Future
The Environment and BRCA Gene Mutations and Associated Risk.
Speaker: Laufey Tryggvadóttir (Icelandic Cancer Society)
Risk Associated with DCIS - Time for a proportionate approach.
Speaker: Steven Narod
Risk Associated with Benign Disease - How big is it and how to manage?
Speaker: Amy Degnim
