Conference presentations
Conference presentations 2016
Conference presentations 2016
Flitcroft K, Brennan M, Spillane A. Equity implications of uncoordinated health data collection systems: The case of breast reconstruction in Australia. Sydney Cancer Conference, September 2016.
Brennan M. The role of clinical breast examination in screening. Second Australasian Breast Congress, Auckland, August 2016. Published abstract
Sydney Cancer Conference, 2016
Equity implications of uncoordinated health data collection systems: The case of breast reconstruction in Australia
Kathy Flitcroft, Meagan Brennan and Andrew Spillane.
Kathy Flitcroft presented research on the difficulties of accessing data on breast reconstruction (BR) in Australia to the Sydney Cancer Conference in September. Her presentation highlighted the deficiencies in data collected by Medicare Australia, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (both funded by the Australian government) and the Breast Surgeons of Australia and New Zealand Inc. (BreastSurgANZ). No one source of BR data provided full coverage of all women who had undergone BR following breast cancer. Problems identified included: lack of specific procedural descriptors for BR; differences in data coverage (which hospitals, patients and cancers are included); differences in procedural descriptors used (Item numbers versus ICD_10 codes); jurisdictional variations and cross-border patient issues; and lack of local data due to privacy concerns.
Regional mapping of breast reconstruction, using the only source of hospital-based data available—the BreastSurgANZ Quality Audit (BQA) database—revealed possible sources of disparities in BR uptake between capital city and non-capital city areas and within capital city areas. These findings indicate that variation in uptake of BR is not likely to be solely resource-driven – if a hospital/surgeon can perform a mastectomy, why not a BR? We hypothesised that surgeons’ attitudes towards performing BR, or facilitating BR through referrals if they lack the skills to perform BR themselves, are likely to be the most significant factors to explain variation within capital city areas.
Conference presentations 2013-2014
Our specialists are often invited to present at local and international breast cancer conferences.
PDF files for selected presentations are available below.
2014
A/Prof Andrew Spillane
Melanoma Surgical Clinical Trials Update: ‘MSLT1, MSLT2 and others. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting Singapore 2014.
Management of the Axilla in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer. Level 1 BreastSurgANZ Oncoplastic Course Singapore 2014.
Breast Surgery Training in Australia and New Zealand. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting Singapore 2014.
Dr Kylie Snook
Benign Phyllodes Tumours. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting Singapore 2014.
2013
A/Prof Andrew Spillane
Internal Mammary SNB in Breast Cancer: Tips, Tricks and Do They Matter. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting Auckland 2013.
POSNOC: Positive Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy: Observation vs Clearance or Observation. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting Auckland 2013.
Dr Kylie Snook
Options for Breast Reconstruction.Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) Younger Women’s Forum Oct 2013.
Phyllodes Tumours. Australasian Society for Breast Disease Ninth Scientific Meeting Sept 2013.
Clinical Approach to Sonographically Indeterminate Breast Lesions. Australian Sonographers Association 2013 Scientific Meeting. May 2013
Breast Reconstruction. Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) National Summit 2013.
Other presentations
Dr Kylie Snook
Pilates and Breast Reconstruction Instructor’s Course Sydney 2013 and 2014.
McGrath Foundation Fundraising High Tea at Public Dining Room, Balmoral Beach Sydney August 2013. Guest Speaker.
Dr Meagan Brennan
Breast cancer myths. Breast cancer fundraising breakfast, The Rotary Club of Castle Hill, Inc. 2013
Conference presentations 2011-2012
Conference presentations
2012
A/Prof Andrew Spillane
Peritumoural versus Subareolar Lymphoscintigraphy. RACS ASM Kuala Lumpur May 2012
Immediate Reconstruction with Expander Implant When Post-mastectomy Radiotherapy is Needed for Breast Cancer Management. RACS ASM Kuala Lumpur May 2012
Debate: Internal mammary lymph nodes are more trouble than they are worth: The case against the proposal. RACS ASM Kuala Lumpur May 2012
Inguinal versus Ilio-inguinal Dissection for Metastatic Melanoma to Groin Lymph Nodes with Negative PET / CT Pelvic Staging: A multicenter randomised trial supported by ANZMTG. RACS ASM May 2012
Implant reconstruction for women who may need post-mastectomy radiotherapy. ANZBCTG ASM July 2012 Hobart
Adjuvant therapy for breast cancer: who, when and why. General Surgeons Australia Annual Conference Hobart September 2012
The EAGLE FM Study (Evaluation of Groin Lymphadenectomy Extent for Metastatic Melanoma) update on trial protocol development. ANZMTG ASM Sydney, Dec 2012
2011
A/Prof Andrew Spillane
Are the results of ACOSOG Z11 practice changing? RACS ASM Adelaide May 2011
Single incision breast surgery – video session/ demonstration. RACS ASM Adelaide May 2011
Inguinal versus Ilio-inguinal Dissection for Metastatic Melanoma to Groin Lymph Nodes with Negative PET / CT Pelvic Staging: A multicenter randomised trial supported by ANZMTG. Trial Proposal. ANZMTG ASM Melbourne Nov 2011
Dr Meagan Brennan
Factors associated with underestimation of invasive breast cancer in women with core needle biopsy diagnosis of DCIS. The Australasian Society of Breast Disease. Melbourne, 2011.
Other presentations
Dr Kylie Snook
The Role of Contralateral Mastectomies.Prince Court Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur – Updates in Breast Management – New Approaches in 2012. May 2012
Breast Cancer Update. University of the Third Age. Two Hour Presentation, February 2012
Dr Meagan Brennan
Survivorship care after breast cancer. Life after breast cancer consumer seminar, Mater Hospital, 2012.
