Nottingham 2026 - Virtual National Breast Pathology Update Course
Friday 12 June 2026 – 09.30 to 16.30 UK Time
2026
Virtual National Breast Pathology Update Course
Slide Seminar
Case Histories
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Please complete the Mentimeter Answer Form (linked HERE) and submit them by Thursday 9th May. Two CME points can be claimed for the completed form and responses will be used to guide discussion of the cases at the course. All responses will be anonymous.
Case 1
H&E
65 year old woman with chest wall mass. 13 years before inflammatory breast cancer
Case 2
H&E
51 year old woman with thickened breast, no mass lesion. Core from axilla
Case 3
H&E
51 year old woman with a large diffuse breast cancer. Punch biopsy
Case 4
H&E
58 year old woman. sebaceous cyst versus cancer- U2. Breast core biopsy
Case 4
AE1/AE3
58 year old woman. sebaceous cyst versus cancer- U2. Breast core biopsy
Case 4
CAMTA-1
58 year old woman. sebaceous cyst versus cancer- U2. Breast core biopsy
Case 4
CD31
58 year old woman. sebaceous cyst versus cancer- U2. Breast core biopsy
Case 4
CK7
58 year old woman. sebaceous cyst versus cancer- U2. Breast core biopsy
Case 4
E-CAD
58 year old woman. sebaceous cyst versus cancer- U2. Breast core biopsy
Case 4
EMA
58 year old woman. sebaceous cyst versus cancer- U2. Breast core biopsy
Case 4
ERG
58 year old woman. sebaceous cyst versus cancer- U2. Breast core biopsy
Case 5
H&E
56 year old female, excision of breast lump
Case 6
H&E
57 year old female. Core biopsy of a screen detected lesion
Case 7
H&E
Male, 73 years old. Mastectomy for B3 spindle cell lesion
Case 7
DESMIN
Case 7
P63
Case 8
H&E
51 year old woman with screening detected 4mm R3 microcalcification – VAB
Case 9
H&E
50 year old woman with WLE post NACT for triple negative grade 2 NST carcinoma
Case 10
H&E
37 year old woman. Ridge of dense glandular breast tissue. Biopsy B2. Lesion persisted and P3 so diagnostic excision
Case 11
PAP
59 year old woman with well-defined breast lesion. Also lung metastases. P4 R4. FNAC
Case 12
H&E
43 year old woman with ill-defined breast mass P3, R4. ?malignancy
Case 13
H&E
63 year old woman. Oval solid breast mass ?fibroadenoma
Case 14
H&E
50 year old woman MRI lesion
Case Histories – Mentimeter Answer Form
Please complete the Mentimeter Answer Form (linked HERE) and submit them by Thursday 9th May. Two CME points can be claimed for the completed form and responses will be used to guide discussion of the cases at the course. All responses will be anonymous.
Scientific Programme
Session 1 – Chair: Dr Rebecca Millican-Slater
10.00 Dr Andrew Lee – Welcome & introduction
10.05 Professor Ian Ellis – Low grade breast cancer
10.30 Discussion
10.35 Dr Andrew Lee – Diagnosis of spindle cell lesions
11.00 Discussion
11.05 Professor Sarah Pinder – Phyllodes tumour guidelines
11.25 Discussion
11.30 COFFEE
Session 2 – Chair: Professor Sarah Pinder
11.40 Dr Yasmeen Mir – Handling & reporting of surgical margins for cancer
11.55 Dr Elana Provenzano – Assessment of margins—update on guidelines
12.10 Professor John Robertson – Margins for ductal carcinoma in situ
12.35 Discussion
12.45 LUNCH
Session 3 – Chair: Dr Andrew Lee
1.15 Dr Soha El Sheikh – Diagnosis of columnar cell lesions
1.35 Discussion
1.40 Professor Abeer Shabaan – Diagnosis & significance of microinvasive carcinoma
1.55 Discussion
2.00 Professor Louise Jones – Vascular lesions after radiotherapy
2.15 Discussion
2.20 TEA
Session 4 – Chair: Dr E Provenzano
2.30 Slide Seminar
4.00 Close
CPD Approval
The Course has been approved for CPD points for the course from the Royal College of Pathologists. ALL registered attendees will receive a Certificate of Participation as a PDF within a week of the course.
Course - 5 CPD Points
Slide Case Submission - 2 CPD Points
