TUESDAY - Day 2: Breast Diagnosis
7:30-9:00 AM BREAKFAST
9:00-9:15 AM Announcements
9:15-9:30 AM ADVOCATE PRESENTATION – Mary Agyapong (Sisters Support Network)
MORNING SESSION V: Didactic
9:30-10:00 AM Tissue sampling options
INTL. SPEAKER: Lisa Newman LOCAL FACULTY: Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare
10:00-10:30 AM Pathology services – fine needle aspiration vs. core needle biopsy
INTL. SPEAKER: Britt-Marie Ljung LOCAL FACULTY: Dr. Solomon Quayson
10:30-11:00 PM Panel Discussion: Questions and Answers (Q & A)
11:00-11:30 AM TEA BREAK
MORNING SESSION VI: Didactic
11:30-12:00 PM Role of imaging in breast cancer management (Dr. Badu Peprah)
Role of imaging in breast cancer management (Dr. Frimpong)
LOCAL FACULTY: Dr. Augustina Badu-Peprah, Dr. G Asafu Adjaye Frimpong
12:00-12:30 PM Biological basis of multidisciplinary breast cancer treatment
INTL. SPEAKER: Ben Anderson LOCAL FACULTY: Dr. Oppong
12:30-1:30 PM Panel Discussion: Questions and Answers (Q & A)
1:30-2:30 PM Small Group Breakout Session
2:30-3:30 PM LUNCH
AFTERNOON SESSION VII: INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION OF NURSING
3:30-5:30 PM Attendees: Nurses and social workers
Assessment of level of knowledge by nurses based on Q&A
Review of breast cancer pathophysiology and cancer management based on feedback
Nursing care for post-surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy
Breast self-examination with live clinical demonstration
Breast prosthetics, post-mastectomy camisole
(Faculty surgeons, radiation oncologist and medical oncologist to KATH to see O.R. surgery patients)