Advances in Oncopathology of Breast Tumours (ADOPT)

Dear colleagues,

Continuing the tradition of organizing site specific speciality conferences, the Department of Pathology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata welcomes pathologists to attend this conference on Advances in Oncopathology of Breast Tumours (ADOPT).

Invited is a galaxy of national and international experts who are authors of well known textbooks in Breast Pathology including WHO Blue Book for Breast Tumours and constitute RCPath and ICCR dataset development groups. They will deliberate on issues ranging from diagnostic pitfalls to newer entities to updates in breast pathology with educative slide seminars.

This also presents a unique opportunity to network with peers and leaders in the field and for students to identify training opportunities.

E-poster presentations will be accepted. The abstract submission deadline is 20th January 2025.

Click here to download E-poster abstract submission guidelines

TOPICS COVERED

Pathology perspectives of High-risk breast lesions
Updates on breast prognostic and predictive biomarker testing
Practical approach to diagnosis of fibroepithelial lesions and recent guidelines on margins
Handling of complex breast specimens including Post NACT and oncoplastic procedures
Pathology of neoadjuvant therapy and immunotherapy testing for breast cancer (RCB assessment)
Update on triple-negative breast cancers –histologic subtypes and treatment implication
The important role of the histopathologist in clinical trials: challenges and approaches to tackle them
Image analysis and artificial intelligence in digital breast pathology : opportunities and challenges
Mesenchymal Lesions of breast
Update on lobular lesions of breast
Meeting the challenge of papillary lesions of breast.
Rare and salivary gland type tumours of breast
Interesting cases from my practice: slide seminar
Current landscape of HER2 evaluation in breast cancer

CME CREDIT HOURS
West Bengal medical council credit points will be applied for

Dates to remember:

21st – 22nd February 2025.

Tata Medical Center

14 MAR (E-W), New Town, Rajarhat,

Kolkata 700 160,
West Bengal, India

Contacts

Mr. Subhas Dey

Conference Secretariat,

Department of Pathology,

Tata Medical Center, Kolkata

Phone: +91-3366058130

Email id: tmcpathinfo@gmail.com

Nearby Accommodations

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Patron
Dr. Pattatheyil Arun

Chairman
Dr. Deepak Kumar Mishra

Advisors
Dr. Sanjay Kapoor
Dr. Geetashree Mukherjee

Scientific & Technical Secretaries
Dr. Paromita Roy
Dr. Divya Midha
Dr. M A Lateef Zameer
Dr. Bhagat Singh Lali
Dr. Mayur Parihar
Dr. Sushant Vinarkar
Dr. Asish Rath

Organising Secretary
Dr. Indu Arun

Joint Organising Secretaries
Dr. Anand Bardia
Dr. Shivani Sarkar

Confirmed International Faculty

Dr. Elena Provenzano
Lead Breast Histopathologist at Cambridge Breast Unit at Addenbrooke’s Hospital

Dr. Rahul Deb
Lead Breast Pathologist at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton.

Prof. Abeer Shaaban
Specialist breast pathologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and Professor, Cancer and Genomic Sciences at the University of Birmingham.

Prof Savitri Krishnamurthy
Professor, Department of Pathology, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine , The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX