The BIGOSA team has developed relevant, varied and interesting programme. Along with the educational conference there will be networking opportunities and a Gala Dinner on the evening before the conference starts.
Continued Professional Development (CPD) points
Earn 5 level 1 CPD points by attending the BIGOSA 2017 Meeting.
The purpose of CPD is to assist health professionals to maintain and acquire new and updated levels of knowledge, skills and ethical attitudes that will be of measurable benefit in professional practice and to enhance and promote professional integrity.
See the Letter of Approval for CPD points accreditation here.
NB You must register at the Registration Desk, to earn the CPD points accordingly and be issued with a certificate.
6TH SCIENTIFIC MEETING
“YOUNG WOMEN”
DATE
Friday, 20 and Saturday, 21 October 2017
Friday, 20 October 2017
Venue: The Wild Fig
| 19h00 – 23h00 | GALA DINNER |
Saturday, 21 October 2017
Venue: The River Club
| 07h00 – 07h45 | REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS | Orange Room |
| 07h45 – 07h50 | WELCOME
Dr Jenny Edge: LOC Chairperson |
Congo Room |
| 07h50 – 08h00 | PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Dr Georgia Demetriou Sponsored by |
Congo Room |
| 08h00 – 10h00 | SESSION 1
Chairs: Don Hudson and Marco Otto |
Congo Room |
| 08h00 – 08h40 | The challenges of breast reconstruction and radiotherapy: what are the best surgical options? – Professor Stephen McCulley | |
| 08h40 – 09h00 | Screening for metastatic disease – current options – Dr Frikkie Buitendag
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| 09h00 – 09h20 | Is BCS safe in women under 35? – Dr Ines Buccimazza | |
| 09h20 – 09h30 | Free paper 1: Delays in provision of breast cancer care in patients seen at a district hospital diagnostic breast unit in South Africa – Dr Mukuhi Ng’ang’a | |
| 09h30 – 09h40 | Free paper 2: A comparison of the number of lymph nodes identified at the time of sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients that underwent pre-operative lymphoscintigraphy scan vs. patients who had no scan: a retrospective study – Dr Jenny Edge | |
| 09h40 – 09h50 | Free paper 3: Experience with the informed consent process and family pedigree assessment for BRCA1/2 gene screening in Kenyan breast cancer patients – Dr Rispah Torrorey | |
| 09h50 – 10h00 | Free papers discussion | |
| 10h00 – 10h30 | REFRESHMENTS | Orange Room |
| 10h30 – 12h40 | SESSION 2 Chairs: Justus Apffelstaedt and Georgia Demetriou | Congo Room |
| 10h30 – 10h50 | Histopathological spectrum of breast cancer seen in Nairobi – Dr Shahin Sayed
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| 10h50 – 11h10 | Advanced radiotherapy techniques to reduce toxicity – Dr Jill Harris
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| 11h10 – 11h20 | Free paper 4: Clinical and patient reported outcome measures (PROMS) in breast reconstruction patients after mastectomy – Dr Ernst Möller | |
| 11h20 – 11h30 | Free paper 5: Breast cancer and human immunodeficiency virus in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy – a prospective multi-centre study – Dr Boitumelo Phakathi | |
| 11h30 – 11h40 | Free paper 6: Information sources utilised by breast cancer patients: how their use has altered their breast cancer management – Lieske Wegelin | |
| 11h40 – 11h50 | Free papers discussion | |
| 11h50 – 12h10 | Herceptin: the debate – Professor Hannah Simonds and Ms Salomé Meyer | |
| 12h10 – 12h40 | Case presentation 1: registrar and expert opinion | |
| 12h40 – 13h40 | LUNCH | Orange Room |
| 13h40 – 14h50 | SESSION 3Chairs: Frank Graewe and Glen Cilliers | Congo Room |
| 13h40 – 14h20 | How to ensure a satisfactory aesthetic outcome after oncological breast surgery in thin women – Professor Stephen McCulley | |
| 14h20 – 14h50 | Case presentation 2: registrar and expert opinion | |
| 14h50 – 15h15 | AGM, PRIZE-GIVING AND CLOSURE | Congo Room |
