ROOM FOR MASTOLOGISTS - PRACTICAL UPDATE ON WORKING IN CASES ELIGIBLE FOR NEOADJUVANT THERAPY – DAIICHI SANKYO
2 pm – 5 pm
Ângela Flavia Logullo Waitzberg (BRA)
Coordinator
Cristiane Nimir (BRA)
Coordinator
PART 1 PATOLOGY IN NEOADJUVANT THERAPY FOR MASTOLOGISTS
2 pm – 3:30 pm
Roberto Kepler da Cunha Amaral (BRA)
Debaters
Lais Tomaz Maya João (BRA)
Debaters
Cristina Pinto Naldi Ruiz (BRA)
Debaters
2 pm – 2:35 pm Biopsy, the surgical specimen, and molecular testing: back to the pre- analytical universe. Why are we talking about this today?
Cristiane Nimir (BRA)
• Direct impact of material quality on diagnostic accuracy. Dilemmas in interpreting limited findings: adequate representation vs. correlation
• Underfixation vs. Overfixation and the impact on diagnosis
• Relevance in tailored treatments, such as targeted therapy and immunotherapy
• The importance of biopsy as the only sample in the pathological complete response
2:35 pm – 2:45 pm Questions
2:45 pm – 3:20 pm We need to talk about macroscopic evaluation in neoadjuvant therapy: impact on examination quality and complete response assessment
Ruana Rocha Costa (BRA)
• Tumor identification to clip or not to clip?
• Adequate macroscopy: identification and representation of the tumor bed
• Microscopic evaluation and different classification methods
• What should we verify in the neoadjuvant therapy reports?
• When to repeat immunohistochemistry?
3:20 pm – 3:30 pm Questions
3:30 pm – 4 pm Coffee Break
PART 2
4 pm – 5 pm Multidisciplinary discussion of 1 clinical case containing the complex
characteristics of a neoadjuvant therapy case together with all mastologists and pathologists
