Breast Cancer Experts from Across the Nation to Examine Latest
Cutting Edge Detection Methods, Including Digital Mammography
The Society for Breast Imaging (SBI) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) will jointly sponsor their fourth postgraduate course in Boston, MA May 26-29. A faculty of more than 50 experts in diagnostic and interventional radiology will discuss a wide variety of techniques.
Highlights of the meeting include
Wednesday, May 26
12:15 PM The Mammography Quality Standards ACT (MQSA), requiring mandatory accreditation and certification for facilities
2:30 PM How to deal with the difficult issue of DCIS (ductal cancer in situ), a small early-stage breast cancer
Thursday, May 27
8:00 AM Improving the interpretation of mammograms
9:15 AM The use of computers in helping to make a breast cancer diagnosis
Friday, May 28
8:00 AM The latest in nonmammographic detection techniques (ultrasound, MRI, others)
10:30 AM Intervention and treatment issues, including biopsies
Saturday, May 29
8:00 AM The Gerald D. Dodd, Jr. Lecture: Genetic Counseling for Breast Cancer Risk
9:00 AM The new technology of digital mammography
1:30 PM Screening mammography: consensus and controversy
The pressroom will be located in the St. George C Room at the Westin Hotel Copley Place. The pressroom will be open 11 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. May 26; 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. May 27 and May 28 and 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m., May 29. To pre-register for the meeting call Cynthia Schell at 703-648-8928 or e-mail her at [email protected] or fax the information to her at 703-262-9319. Press releases will be mailed to you a week before the meeting.
The Society for Breast Imaging (SBI) is an educational organization comprised of members who specialize in mammography and breast imaging in general. It has some 2,000 members from across the United States.
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