October 12
CERVICAL CANCER DAY
09:00-09:30 Registration
09:30-10:00 Welcome and presentation of the Bulgarian Breast and Cervical Cancer Association – Dr. Mariela Vasileva/ Dr. Elitsa Valerieva, Medical Complex “Dr. Shterev”
Session 1 – 10:00-11:30 Basics of vaccine prevention in cervical carcinoma
10:00-10:20 Recommendations for vaccine prevention and vaccination levels in Bulgaria – Dr. Anita Angelova, Medical Complex “Dr. Shterev”
10:20-10:40 Cervical carcinoma screening through the eyes of the pathologist – Dr. Tanya Petkova, Maichin dom
10:40-11:00 Preservation of fertility – Prof. Maria Yunakova, “Dr. Shterev” Medical Complex
11:00-11:20 The role of immunotherapy in cervical cancer – Dr. Lyubov Simenonova, UMBAL “St. Ivan Rilski”
11:20-11:30 Discussion
11:30-12:00 – Coffee break
Session 2 – 12:00-13:30 Practical workshop rules for screening and diagnosis in cervical carcinoma – Dr. Elitsa Valerieva, “Dr. Shterev” Medical Complex
13:30-14:30 – Lunch
Session 3 – 14:30: -17:30 Round table: Discussion of clinical cases with coffee break
Dr. Lyubov Simenonova (oncologist), Dr. Tsvetelina Kondjova (oncologist), Dr. Milen Markov (radiotherapy), Dr. Elitsa Valerieva (obstetrician-gynecologist), Prof. Maria Yunakova (obstetrician-gynecologist), Dr. Alexandrina Vlahova (pathologist), Dr. Gabriela Mateva (nuclear medicine specialist), Dr. Margarita Taushanova (oncologist)
October 13
BREAST CANCER DAY
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:10 Welcome and Presentation of the Bulgarian Breast and Cervical Cancer Association. – Dr. Mariela Vasileva/ Dr. Elitsa Valerieva, Medical Complex “Dr. Shterev”
Session 1 – 09:10-11:00 Basics of breast ultrasound
09:10- 09:40 Basic principles of breast ultrasound – Dr. Silke Haushammer, Department of Imaging, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria (lecture is in English)
09:40- 10:30 Meaning and application of the BIRADS classification – Dr. Birgit Amort, Department of Imaging, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria (lecture is in English)
10:30-10:50 Status of breast cancer screening in Bulgaria – Dr. Nadia Stanislavova, UMBAL “Sveta Marina” Pleven
10:50-11:00 Discussion
11:00-11:30 – Coffee break
Session 2 – 11:30-12:40 The path of the breast cancer patient in Bulgaria
A round table
Presented by: Dr. Mariela Vasileva
Discussants: Dr. Tsvetomir Ivanov, Dr. Lyubov Simenonova, Dr. Tsvetelina Kondjova, Dr. Elitsa Valerieva, Dr. Nadia Stanislavova, Dr. Alexandrina Vlahova, Dr. Gabriela Mateva, Dr. Milen Markov, Dr. Miroslava Chortova, Dr. Margarita Taushanova.
12:40-13:00 – Prognostic significance of the histological variants of breast cancer – Dr. Alexandrina Vlahova, UMBAL “Alexandrovska”.
13:00-14:00 – Lunch
14:00-15:30 Practical workshop for biopsies of breast lesions under ultrasound control. – Dr. Birgit Amor and Dr. Silke Haushammer
And this year at our specialized workshop, CLARIUS mobile ultrasound scanners will be used. Learn more at: https://clarius.bg/
The biopsy needles for the course have been kindly provided by MEDICAL Bulgaria
15:30 – 16:00 – Coffee break
16:00-17:30 Round table – Discussion of clinical cases
Dr. Tsvetomir Ivanov (surgeon), Dr. Lyubov Simenonova (oncologist), Dr. Tsvetelina Kondjova (oncologist), Dr. Elitsa Valerieva (obstetrician-gynecologist), Dr. Emilia Zlateva (imaging specialist), Dr. Dr. Nadya Stanislavova (specialist in imaging), Dr. Gavril Nakov (specialist in imaging), Dr. Alexandrina Vlahova (pathologist), Dr. Gabriela Mateva (specialist in nuclear medicine), Dr. Milen Markov (radiotherapy), Dr. Miroslava Chortova (plastic surgeon). Dr. Margarita Taushanova (oncologist)