The inaugural Singapore Breast Multidisciplinary Conference 2023 was held from 3-5 November at PARKROYAL on Beach Road. More than 300 surgeons, pathologists, radiologists, oncologists and allied health professionals from Singapore and countries in the region including Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand, came together to learn and share their expertise on the multidisciplinary management of breast cancer diagnoses and treatments.
The programme reinforced the collaborative relationship of these disciplines, with tracks that catered to individual specialties and culminating in a final day of combined multidisciplinary discussions of common diagnostic and management problems.
Of great interest, was the breast pathology course, with a microscopy workshop that allowed pathologists to review and discuss interesting and problematic cases.
For the Radiologists, in addition to lectures on ST-guided and MRI-guided breast vacuum-assisted biopsies and localisations, they also got to try their hands at these interventions at Luma Women’s Imaging Centre in Paragon.
We sincerely thank our international and local faculty, sponsors, partners, support crew and organisers, without whom, this event would not have been such a success.
Faculty and participants of the Pre-conference MRI and Stereotactic Biopsy lectures
Faculty and participants of the Breast Pathology Slides Workshop
Some of the faculty decked in pink to commemorate Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Overseas and regional Pathology faculty (L to R): Prof Gary Tse, Hong Kong, Prof Laura Collins, USA Prof Cecily Quinn, UK and Prof Tan Puay Hoon, Singapore
An engaging Q&A session with the multidisciplinary panel on the last day of the conference
The team comprising faculty speakers and staff from Solis Breast Care & Surgery Centre, Luma Women’s Imaging Centre and TE Healthcare all smiles after the end to a successful conference
