2014 Diagnostic Breast Pathology: An Update On Selected Topics

Florence, FI IT
May 27, 2014 to May 29, 2014

“Diagnostic Breast Pathology” has been planned to provide pathologists with a practical approach to the diagnosis and management of challenging but common breast lesions.

Emphasis will be placed on difficult differential diagnoses with major clinical implications, such as columnar cell lesions, papillary lesions, variants of lobular carcinoma, triple negative carcinoma and special subtypes of breast carcinoma as tubular, mucinous and micropapillary.

The course will also provide pathologists with an update on breast core needle biopsy procedures and interpretation, addressing areas of recurrent diagnostic difficulty and related clinical implications. Cases that illustrate diagnostic challenges and management issues on core biopsy material will be selected for discussion. The value and limitations of immunohistochemistry as an ancillary testing in Diagnostic Brest Pathology will be discussed.

An update on sentinel lymph node and its implication in prognosis of breast cancer will be also discussed. 

 

ACCME Accreditation Statement:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Medical College of Wisconsin and Anatomia Patologica-Ospedale S.Andrea, La Spezia, Italy. The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
AMA Credit Designation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Hours of Participation for Allied Health Care Professionals
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 14 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.  

Target Audience

Pathologist

Learning Objectives

This educational activity is designed to:
  • Increase in pathologists familiarity with different kind of Breast malignant lesions in order to improve their ability to recognize different entities which share similar patterns
  • Update the knowledge of Columnar cell lesions, Papillary and Fibroepithelial tumors of the Breast in order to avoid misunderstanding malignant lesions from look-alike benign.
  • Improve knowledge of Breast core needle biopsy procedures and interpretation, addressing areas of recurrent diagnostic difficulty and related clinical implications.
Additional information

Contact

Name: 
Patti Wolf
Phone Number: 
+1 (414) 805-8449
Email: 
pwolf@mcw.edu
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 14.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 14.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.
Course opens: 
01/01/2014
Course expires: 
09/03/2014
Event starts: 
05/27/2014 - 10:00am CDT
Event ends: 
05/29/2014 - 1:30pm CDT
Cost:
$0.00
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Auditorium S. Apollonia
Via San Gallo, 25
Florence, FI 50129
Italy

 

Accommodation in Florence:

Tourist Information:
Course Directors:
 
Edi Brogi, MD PhD
Attending Pathologist and Director of Breast Pathology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York NY, USA
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York NY,  USA
 
Laura C. Collins, MD
Associate Director of Anatomic Pathology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,
Associate Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
 
Course Organizer:
Franco Fedeli, MD
Anatomia Patologica - Ospedale S. Andrea
La Spezia – Italy
 
Faculty Board:
Saul Suster, MD
Department of Pathology
Medical College of Wisconsin - Milwaukee WI, USA
 
Franco Fedeli, MD
Anatomia Patologica - Ospedale S. Andrea
La Spezia – Italy

Available Credit

  • 14.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 14.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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