International specialists debate the evaluation of the aesthetic results of breast cancer local treatment (surgery and radiotherapy)

The international seminar “Turning Subjective Into Objective (TSIO): Cosmetic Breast Assessment of Local Treatment” will take place on 13th May starting at 9.15am. The event was organised by the Champalimaud Foundation (FC), the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) and the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering of Porto (INESC Porto).

TSIO is aimed at professionals working on the development of tools for the aesthetic assessment of breast cancer local treatment (oncological and oncoplastic surgery and radiotherapy) in order to raise awareness of the clinical difficulties derived from this evaluation and help clinicians learn to use these new instruments and integrate them into their practices.

The event will focus on the objective evaluation of the aesthetic results of this type of treatment extending the topic from aesthetic results in classic breast cancer conservative treatment to other forms of breast surgery with or without reconstruction and with or without radiotherapy.

According to Maria João Cardoso, a researcher at FMUP and the FC, “various factors can influence the aesthetic results of a patient who undergoes  breast cancer treatment, such as their body mass index, their breast size, the size and location of the tumour and the level and intensity of the treatment”.

 

“Medical professionals are now more concerned with the importance of the aesthetic results for patients who have undergone breast cancer treatment and conserving the breast in an ‘aesthetically pleasing’ way is seen as being essential to ensure a good quality of life”, she explains.

 

“Evaluating these aesthetic results with a method that can be repeated and is easy to use is now fundamental in order to compare different types of treatments and different clinics. This means we can inform patients adequately regarding the expected results and also help improve the techniques”.

 

This international meeting will bring together specialists from various different countries and the target audience is breast surgeons, oncoplastic breast surgeons, plastic surgeons, oncologists, engineers and other researchers interested in this topic.

The objectives of TSIO include making information available regarding the current methods that are being used to assess the aesthetic results of breast cancer local treatment, showing the results of groups working with objective evaluation methods, demonstrating some of the new pathways regarding objective methodology and promoting collaboration in this area of research. The event also aims to generate new ideas for projects and encourage new contacts.

PROGRAMME

 

«TSIO: Turning Subjective Into Objective

Past, present and future of cosmetic evaluation of breast cancer local treatment»

 

LOCATION: The Champalimaud Foundation, Av. Brasília, Lisbon

 

09.00: Official opening – Direction of Champalimaud Foundation

09.15: Introduction and Seminar Objectives – Maria João Cardoso, Jaime S. Cardoso

09.30: Past          Chair: Conny Vrieling

09.30: Review of subjective methods – Conny Vrieling

10.00: Review of objective methods – Maria João Cardoso

10.30: The idea behind the BCCT.core – Jaime S. Cardoso

11.00: Break

11.30: Present         Chair: Douglas Macmillan

11.30: Aesthetics in BCT: Do Objectively Measured Results Match Patients’ Evaluations? – Jörg Heil

11.50: The TARGIT Trial – Mo Keshtgar

12.10: The Australian experience: St George and Wollongong randomized trial – Eric Hau

12.30: The AREMA (aesthetic reconstruction mammaplasties) – Maria João Cardoso

12.50: Report of UK audit on 5000 reconstructions – 18 month patient-reported outcomes – Dick Rainsbury

13.30: LUNCH

14:30: Semantic PACS presentation (QREN PROJECT)

15.10: Abstract presentation          Chair: Dick Rainsbury

15.30: Future          Chair: Jaime S. Cardoso

15.30: The prediction project – Susy Costa

15.50: The inclusion of side views in objective aesthetic evaluation – Hélder Oliveira

16.10: 3D modelling for surgical planning and outcome evaluation – Guido Baroni 16.30: Future research in objective evaluation of aesthetic results: Means and pathways – Douglas Macmillan

17.00: Recommendations on aesthetic evaluation of breast cancer local treatment

Panel: Conny Vrieling, Dick Rainsbury, Douglas Macmillan, Jaime S. Cardoso, Maria João Cardoso

18.00: Closing remarks – Maria João Cardoso, Jaime S. Cardoso

 

FACULTY:

Conny Vrieling, Consultant Radiation Oncologist

Centre de Radio-oncologie des Eaux-Vives, Geneva, Switzerland

 

Dick Rainsbury, Consultant Breast and Oncoplastic Surgeon

President of the ABS (Association of Breast Surgeons)

Winchester and Andover Breast Unit, Winchester, UK

 

Douglas Macmillan, Consultant Breast and Oncoplastic Surgeon

Nottingham Breast Institute, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, UK

 

Eric Hau, Consultant Radiation Oncologist

Cancer Care Centre, St. George Hospital, Kogarah, Sydney, Australia

 

Guido Baroni, Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering

Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

 

Hélder Oliveira, Assistant Professor, PhD Student, INESC Porto – Breast Research Group

Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

 

Jaime Santos Cardoso, Assistant Professor, INESC Porto – Breast Research Group

Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

 

Jörg Heil, Consultant Gynaecologist

Breast Unit, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

 

Maria João Cardoso

Consultant Breast and Oncoplastic Surgeon, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Assistant Professor, FMUP, Porto, Portugal

 

Mo Keshtgar

Consultant Surgical Oncologist, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

 

Susy Costa, Consultant Breast Surgeon

Hospital S. João Breast Unit and PhD Student FMUP, Porto, Portugal

 

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