Breast Diseases

Core area I Epidemiology

1. Epidemiology of Breast Cancer.

Core area II Radiology

2.Breast imaging for the Surgeon.

Core area III Physiology and Benign Conditions

3. Developmental anomalies of Breast. 4. Pathophysiology and Hormonal factors involved during pregnancy and lactation and its effects on lactogenesis. 5. Benign breast disease.

Core area IV Etiology, Molecular basis, and screening

6. Etiopathogenesis, Risk Factors and Genomics in Breast Cancer. 7. Management of the high-risk Patient. 8. Breast Cancer Screening: A Need for Comparative Effectiveness Research. 9. Management of high-risk lesions and in situ cancers. 10. Staging of Breast Cancer.

Core area V Management of breast cancer

11. The Management of Impalpable Breast Lesions.12. Paget's disease of Breast. 13. Management of Early breast cancer. 14. Controversies and consensus in management of axilla. 15. Locally advanced breast cancer. 16. Special considerations in breast cancer management: Breast Cancer and fertility, Pregnancy associated breast cancer. 17. Male breast cancer. 18. Prognostication in breast cancer. 19. Management of metastatic breast cancer.

Core area VI Operative surgery in breast cancer

20. Breast Conservation Therapy. 21. Principals in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery. 22. Principles of Breast Reconstruction. 23. Surgical Management of Breast Cancer Related Lymphoedema.

Core area VII Adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapy

24. Radiation oncology: practice guidelines. 25. Chemotherapeutic interventions. 26. Molecular targets and immunotherapy.

Core area VIII Miscellaneous

27. Special issues in breast tumours: Phylloides, Sarcoma. 28. Breast cancer in developing countries: issues and solutions. 29. Breast cancer Survivorship. 30. Recent Trials in Surgical Management of Breast cancer.