Improving Clinical Skills in Early Breast Cancer
23 – 25 May 2008, Ljubljana, Slovenia

In 2008, the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO) and the European School of Oncology (ESO) are launching a three days, advanced intensive residential course on “Improving clinical skills in early breast cancer “ as a joint venture. The challenge of the programme is to facilitate the creation of a group of European-minded senologists: young breast surgeons who will be specifically and almost exclusively dedicated to breast cancer.

This full immersion educational event will cover all aspects from epidemiology, screening, primary and secondary prevention, risk assessment, genetic counselling, molecular-biology, diagnostic procedures, interdisciplinary treatment modalities, rehabilitation, palliative care, special clinical situations, to psycho-oncological skills in the management of breast cancer. In addition, an essential part is to promote to participants the importance of controlled randomised trials in clinical oncology, multidisciplinary management and breast units, and patients advocacy. In mediating knowledge and principles in this way, we hope to create a collective spirit of teaching and learning. The residential course has been organised in collaboration with the Institute of Oncology in Ljubljana.

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