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
2026 Slide Seminar Cases
Access the 2026 Slide Seminar Cases by simply clicking on the slide thumbnail images – access as ‘GUEST‘. Once you have viewed all the slides relating to each case please enter your Diagnosis via the linked Mentimeter Form below.
Areeg Abbas
Case 1
27 year old female with cosmetic breast implants. Biopsy left breast upper inner quadrant U3.
Negative: P63, CK5/6, CK14, MNF116, AE1/3, CAM5.2, CK7, Beta catenin.
1 slide core biopsy
1 slide diagnostic excision
Case 2
41 year old female, enlarged lymph nodes ?breast ?other
Core biopsy H&E, Ecad, ER
Shauna Casey
Case 3
Breast excision 76 year old male
H&E, AE1/3, B catenin, CD34, Desmin, SACT
Case 4
Breast excision – 35 year old female
H&E, AE1/3, CD34, Desmin
Yasmeen Mir
Case 5
Breast core biopsy – 35 year old female – lump in axillary tail ?lymph node ?other – H&E, AE1/3, B catenin, Desmin, MNF116, S100, SMA and excision H&E
Case 6
Breast core biopsy – 47 year old female – Right breast upper outer ?100mm hypoechoic area ?infection U2 – H&E
Sue Pritchard
Case 7
70 year old female – Excision breast H&E
Case 8
82 year old female – core biopsy breast H&E
Preethi Gopinath
Case 9
70 year old female – Right breast P2 12 o’clock lump U2 10mm linear benign lesion. Screening mammogram October 2024 NAD. Biopsy and excision.
Scientific Programme
Scientific Programme
Session 1 - AI Session - Chair: Dr Elena Provenzano
09.30 Dr Elena Provenzano - Welcome & introduction
09.35 Professor Emad Rakha - Breast Cancer Grading – Digital and AI
09.55 Professor Louise Jones - Grading of DCIS
10.10 Professor Abeer Shaaban - Overview of AI Tools in Breast Pathology
10.30 Professor Sarah Pinder - Paige AI Lymph Node
10.35 Questions and Discussion
10.45 TEA BREAK
Session 2 - Axilla Session - Chair: Dr Rahul Deb
10.55 Professor Sarah Pinder - Challenges in Reporting of the Axilla in the Adjuvant Setting
11.05 Dr Elena Provenzano - Challenges in Reporting of the Axilla in the Neoadjuvant Setting
11.15 Professor Shelley Potter - Update on Surgical Management of the Axilla
11.35 Professor Charlotte Coles - Update on Axillary Radiotherapy
11.55 Questions and Discussion
Session 3 - QA and Guidelines - Chair: Professor Sarah Pinder
12.00 Dr Rebecca Millican-Slater - NHS BSP update on guidelines and handling of screening incidents
12.20 Professor Ian Ellis - Update on Blue Book – What’s New in the 6th Edition
12.50 Questions and Discussion
13.00 LUNCH BREAK
Session 4 - Cut up of WLE and breast mastectomy specimens – how much is enough? - Chair: Professor Abeer Shaaban
13.30 US Approach - Dr Laura Collins, Weill Cornell Medical College
13.50 EU Approach - Dr Emilie Groen, Netherlands Cancer Institute
14.10 UK Approach - Dr Rahul Deb, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton
14.30 Discussion
14.40 TEA BREAK
Session 5 - Slide Seminar - Chair: Dr Elena Provenzano
14.50 Slide Seminar with 9 cases (to include spindle cell lesions, sarcoma, MGA, IHC)
- Dr Areeg Abbas, Nottingham University Hospitals
- Dr Preethi Gopinath, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow
- Dr Shauna Casey, Consultant Pathologist, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
- Dr Sue Pritchard, Consultant Histopathologist University Hospital South Manchester,
- Dr Yasmeen Mir, Royal Liverpool Hospital
16.10 General Questions and Discussion
16.20 Ask the experts
16.30 Meeting Close
NOTE: All times are UK
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
