The call for abstracts for the BIGOSA 2018 meeting is now closed. BIGOSA 2018 is an excellent opportunity to present and discuss our research in a multidisciplinary forum of breast cancer experts.
Oral presentations abstracts are available here:
HIV and breast cancer – an observational study of breast cancer mammographic patterns in HIV positive and negative patients by A Vanmali, I Buccimazza
Integrating germline and tumour genetics towards individualised oncotherapy in South African breast cancer patients by Kotze MJ, Peeters AV, van der Merwe N, Torrorey-Sawe R and Baatjes KJ
Vascularized Lymph Node Transfer (VLNT) – Conquering Divine Madness by EL Möller, CH Pienaar, C Neser
Prognostic factors associated with pathological complete response in early breast cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The importance of Ki-67 and molecular subtype by BL Rapoport, J Barnard-Tidy, RI Van Eeden, T Smit, SJ Nayler, C Benn
Innovative techniques to minimize scarring in breast surgery – 10-year experience from Durban Breast Unit by Y Brakovsky, I Buccimazza
Breast cancer in young women: survival and outcomes in a developing world by N Zeeman, J Apffelstaedt, R Pienaar
Poster presentation abstracts can be viewed here:
The first vascularized lymph node transplant in South Africa: A case presentation by CH Pienaar, C Neser
African perspective on oncology rehabilitation in an HIV pandemic environment: Breast cancer in KZN, South Africa by CD Ness, H Myeza, I Buccimazza
Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis in a single centre breast unit in Durban South Africa by SD Hariparsad
Prevalence of human papilloma virus in breast cancer by N Maroga
Genome sequencing provides diagnostic confirmation of hereditary breast cancer beyond BRCA1or2 mutation detection in Kenyan patients by R Torrorey-Sawe
Poster preparation guidelines can be downloaded here
