2023 Conference Programme
Symposium Mammographicum 2023 is taking place on 21-23 June. The dynamic programme provides state-of-the-art presentations and opportunities for interaction and debate, addressing the key current clinical and technical challenges and controversies faced by all involved in breast screening and diagnosis.
| 12:00 – 18:00 | Registration opens |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Workshops, symposia and networking session 1 Pre-booking workshops is required unless states ‘open-to all’ |
ALSH Open to all | W1: Supporting the mammography workforce Chairs: Claire Borrelli and Lyndsay Kinnear, Symposium Mammographicum Organising Committee Supporting the workforce: An #OnlineMammographyNetwork for those mentoring mammography practitioners Claire Mercer, Head of Radiography, University of Salford Supporting the workforce: Safe ergonomic practice Jojo Boafo, Lead Physiotherapist, Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust Supporting the workforce: Menopause Bukky Ayoade, Menopause Lead, Workforce, Training & Education Directorate (WT&E) NHS England |
BOISDALE 1
| W2: Breast biopsy workshop Facilitators: Sue Garnett, Consultant Radiographer; Sandra Riley, Consultant Radiographer; Hannah Lewis, Trainee Consultant Radiographer; Joanne Noel, Advanced Practitioner, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwick; Lucy Cielecki, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals and Zebby Rees, Consultant Breast Radiographer, Hywel Dda Health Board, Glangwili, Wales |
BOISDALE 2
| W3: Fast MRI Taster session Lyn Jones, Rebecca Geach and Sadie McKeown-Keegan, FAST MRI Programme, North Bristol NHS Trust Thanks to SciCom Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust for providing the equipment |
DOCHART 1
| W4: Tomosynthesis – Opening up the picture with Siemens Healthineers unique 50-degree wide-angle technology Chair: Jo Barry, Business Manager for X-ray Products, Siemens Healthineers Shelley Mitchell, Mammography Product Specialist and Suzanne Smith, Mammography Product Specialist, Siemens Healthineers |
CARRON 1
| W5: Family history taking – ABC interactive workshop Di Dalgleish, Breast Clinician, Bath and Bristol, Vice President ABC and Cathy Coleman, Breast Clinician, St George’s |
DOCHART 2 | W6: Cancer communication training taster Frances Yuille, Clinical Oncologist and Samantha Hopkins, Medical Oncology Registrar, Edinburgh Cancer Centre |
| 14:30 | Tea break |
| 14:45 – 15:45 | Workshops, symposia and networking session 2 |
ALSH Open to all | W7: Advanced mammography and consultant radiographers Chairs: Sarah Vinnicombe and Zebby Rees, Symposium Mammographicum Organising Committee Non-guidewire localisation techniques Simon Lowes, Consultant Breast Radiologist, Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Newcastle University Experience of mammographers during the Covid-19 pandemic Elizabeth Underdown, Specialist Radiographer in Breast Imaging, University of Suffolk AI and Mammography Christina Malamateniou, Postgraduate Programme Director for Radiography, City, University of London |
BOISDALE 1 | W8: Breast biopsy workshop (Repeat of W2) See above |
BOISDALE 2 | W9: FAST MRI Taster session (Repeat of W3) See above |
DOCHART 1 | W10: Tomosynthesis – Opening up the picture with Siemens Healthineers unique 50-degree wide-angle technology See above |
LOMOND Open to all | W11: Short papers session 1 – Clinical papers Chairs: Ros Given-Wilson and Patsy Whelehan, Symposium Mammographicum Organising Committee Can axillary surgery be tailored based on response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy assessed with CEUS? Mariana Afonso Matias, Breast Clinician Trainee, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Mammographic density and breast cancer risk factors: Systematic review and meta-analysis Dixa Thakrar, General Surgical Trainee, Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford Retrospective audit of patients with breast pain referred to the Bristol breast care centre Kanika Kaushal, Consultant Breast Radiologist, Royal Liverpool University Hospital Breast lesions incidentally detected on CT – audit of cases referred to a one stop breast clinic Olivia Taylor-Fry, Consultant Radiographer, St George’s NHS Trust, London Incidental breast lesions on cross-sectional studies -impact of an alternative referral pathway Anusha Subramanian, Clinical Observer, Thirlestaine Breast Centre, Cheltenham |
16:00 – 17:00 LOMOND | Interesting cases Scotland Breast Team Presentation Archana Seth, Consultant Radiologist; Svetlana Linder, Locum Consultant Radiologist; Micael Oliveira Diniz, Visiting Registrar and other team members, Greater Glasgow and Clyde |
17:00 – 19:00 HALL 2 | Welcome reception, author hosted poster presentations and exhibition opening |
07:30 | 5km fun run or walk along the Clyde – Meet at the front of the SEC |
08:00 08:00 – 08:45 | Registration and exhibition open Yoga within the Wellbeing Zone in the Exhibition, Hall 2 |
09:00 – 10:35 LOMOND | Opening plenary session Welcome and introduction Michael J Michell, President, Symposium Mammographicum Audrey Tucker Memorial lecture – Multi-cancer early detection tests: impact on current and future population cancer screening Professor Allan Hackshaw, Director of Cancer Research UK and UCL Cancer Trial Centre, Cancer Institute, University College London COVID-19 – the aftermath Chairs: Sarah Vinnicombe and Claire Bailey, Symposium Mammographicum Organising Committee Impact of the pandemic Stephen Duffy, Director of the Policy Research Unit in Cancer Awareness, Screening and Early Diagnosis Screening programme – recovery plan Louise Wilkinson, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic; positive changes to breast cancer management – Rajiv Dave, Consultant Oncoplastic Breast and Endocrine Surgeon, The Nightingale Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Honorary Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester Discussion |
| 10:35 – 11:15 | Refreshments, exhibition and poster viewing |
11:15 – 12:45 LOMOND | AI in imaging Chairs: Mark Halling-Brown and Ros Given-Wilson, Symposium Mammographicum Organising Committee What is AI Richard Sidebottom, Consultant Radiologist, Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Update on the state of play for where we are with AI in breast screening Gerald Lip, Clinical Director for Breast Screening in the North East of Scotland Breast Screening Programme, NHS Grampian Current use of AI in clinical practice and evidence from ongoing trials Nico Karssemeijer, Co-Founder, Screenpoint Medical, The Netherlands Implementation: the reality of it all – UK perspective Louise Wilkinson, Consultant Breast Radiologist, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Discussion |
| 12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch, exhibition and poster viewing |
13:00 – 13:45 BOISDALE 1 | Breast biopsy workshop Facilitators: Sue Garnett, Consultant Radiographer; Sandra Riley, Consultant Radiographer; Hannah Lewis, UHCW Coventry; Joanne Noel, Warwick Hospital and Lucy Cielecki, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals |
14:00 – 14:30 LOMOND | Balancing risks and harms Chairs: Michael J Michell and Barbara Dall, Symposium Mammographicum Organising Committee Keynote lecture: Balancing benefits and harms Nehmat Houssami, University of Sydney, Australia |
| 14:35 – 15:30 | Parallel sessions 1 |
LOMOND
| 1A: Workforce: Supporting staff to deliver care – Joint ABC session Chairs: Claire Borrelli and Cathy Coleman, Symposium Mammographicum Organising Committee Scene setting – facts and figures Sandra Anglin, Deputy Director of Public Health and Commissioning Operations, NHS England How to fill the gap – international recruitment and innovative training apprenticeships NBAI opportunities Mary Wilson, National Breast Imaging Academy, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Credentials: workforce planning and staff shortages and innovative solutions – Zoe Goldthorpe, President, ABC Succession planning: What would make you stay Emma Taylor, Chief People Officer, People Team, Tesco Discussion and voting |
ALSH | 1B: Technical programme – Equipment Chairs: Sarah Vinnicombe and Anna Burch, Symposium Mammographicum Organising Committee Home reporting and quality assurance Oliver Morrish, Consultant Clinical Scientist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Performance of ageing equipment Martha Stuffins, Clinical Scientist, Velindre NHS Trust FAST MRI quality control phantoms Siân Curtis, Consultant Clinical Scientist, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
| 15:30 – 16:10 | Refreshments, exhibition and poster viewing |
| 16:10 – 17:30 | Parallel sessions 2 |
LOMOND | 2A: Optimising the patient journey Chairs: Patsy Whelehan, Symposium Mammographicum Organising Committee and Darah Downey, Vice President, ABS The ABS ASPIRE Breast Pain Pathway – Rajiv Dave, Consultant Oncoplastic Breast and Endocrine Surgeon, The Nightingale Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation trust; Honorary Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester. AI-assisted self-referral of patients with breast symptoms Ahsan Rao, Breast Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Essex and London Improving patient health by improving respect Josie Cheetham, Civility Saves Lives Panel discussion |
ALSH | 2B: Technical programme – Dose and image processing Chairs: Oliver Morrish and Anna Burch, Symposium Mammographicum Organising Committee Update on the new joint AAPM/EFOMP TG282 breast dose model Ioannis Sechopoulos, Radboud University Medical Center, Netherlands Radiation doses in the NHSBSP John Loveland, Principal Clinical Scientist, National Coordinating Centre for the Physics of Mammography Assessing the performance of image processing Alistair Mackenzie, National Coordinating Centre for the Physics of Mammography |
17:15 – 18:15 ALSH | ABC AGM |
17:30 – 18:30 BOISDALE 1 | Breast biopsy workshop See above |
17:30 – 18:30 | Exhibition and poster viewing |
19:30 – 24:00 | Conference dinner and ceilidh, Voco Grand Central Hotel |
08:00 – 08:45 08:00 – 08:45 BOISDALE 1 | Yoga within the Wellbeing Zone in the Exhibition, Hall 2 Breast biopsy workshop Please see Wednesday for details |
08:00 – 08:45 BOISDALE 2 | HOLOGIC Workshop on contrast mammography Tamara Suaris, Director of Screening for Central and East London Breast Screening Service and Lead Breast Radiologist, Barts Health NHS Trust |
09:00 – 09:30 LOMOND | Plenary session Welcome and introduction Sarah Tennant, Conference Chair, Symposium Mammographicum Sir John Stebbings Lecture: Population mammography screening at a crossroads Nehmat Houssami, University of Sydney, Australia |
09:30 – 10:30 LOMOND
| Joint ABP Pathology session Chairs: Rahul Deb and Charlotte Hawke, Symposium Mammographicum Organising Committee Journey of a specimen: behind the pathology report Clinton Boyd, Consultant Pathologist, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Is it a B1 or B2? An update of B3 from the national pathology audit Rahul Deb, Consultant Histopathologist/Breast MDT Lead, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust How the pathology report personalises treatment Sarah Pinder, Professor of Breast Pathology, King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals Discussion |
10:30 – 11:15 | Refreshments, exhibition and poster viewing |
11:15 – 12:15 ALSH
| 3A: Joint ABS session – Surgery update Chairs: Sarah Downey, Vice President, ABS and Nisha Sharma, Symposium Mammographicum Organising Committee GIRFT Update Tracey Irvine, Senior Clinical Advisor, GIRFT De-escalation of breast and axilla surgery, wires and seeds Amit Goyal, Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon & Associate Professor, University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHS Foundation Trust Neoadjuvant guidelines Julie Doughty, Consultant Breast Surgeon, Glasgow |
11:15 – 12:15 LOMOND | 3B: Short papers session 2 – Mammography papers Chairs: Marianna Telesca and Michael J Michell, Symposium Mammographicum Organising Committee Can a specificity-focused PERFORMS case set affect the performance of breast screening readers? Yan Chen, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham A comparison of contrast enhanced mammography and magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of breast disease: A systematic review Bethan Williams, Consultant Radiographer, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Temporal enhancement features on contrasted enhanced mammography (CEM): Comparison with breast MRI Sarah Savaridas, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Radiologist, University of Dundee Evaluation of an AI tool to measure mammographic density for use in a future FAST MRI trial Sandra Gomes, Computer Scientist, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Imaging and breast cancer characteristics influence mammography artificial intelligence output and detection Sarah Lewis, Associate Dean Research, The University of Sydney A comparison of digital mammography and phase contrast tomography for visualisation of breast cancers Sarah Lewis, Associate Dean Research, The University of Sydney |
12:15 – 13:00 LOMOND | Trials update: Snapshots Chairs: Sarah Tennant and Claire Borrelli, Symposium Mammographicum Organising Committee DCIS Matthew Wallis, Consultant Radiologist, Cambridge Breast Unit PROSPECT Michael J Michell, Consultant Radiologist, King’s College Hospital, London SMALL Nisha Sharma, Clinical Lead for Breast Imaging, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS NOSTRA Iain Lyburn, Consultant Radiologist Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS FT and Cobalt Medical Charity, Visiting Professor Cranfield University The AgeX trial of one additional invitation to breast screening Isobel Barnes, Senior Statistician, University of Oxford BRAID Iain Lyburn, Consultant Radiologist Professor, NHS Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust FAST MRI Snapshot: The DYAMOND Study Lyn Jones, Consultant Radiologist, North Bristol NHS Trust |
| 13:00 – 14:15 | Lunch, exhibition and poster viewing |
13:15 – 14:00 BOISDALE 2 | HOLOGIC Workshop on contrast mammography Tamara Suaris, Director of Screening for Central and East London Breast Screening Service, Lead Breast Radiologist, Barts Health NHS Trust |
14:15 – 15:15 LOMOND | Tips and tricks Chair: Sarah Tennant, Symposium Mammographicum Organising Committee CESM (inc. artefacts) Jonathan James, Consultant Radiologist, Nottingham Image-guided vacuum excision of cancers Nisha Sharma, Clinical Lead for Breast Imaging, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Second-look ultrasound following breast MRI Tamara Suaris, Consultant Radiologist, Barts Health NHS Trust |
15:15 – 15:30 LOMOND | Prizegiving and closing remarks Michael J Michell, President, Symposium Mammographicum |
