By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 11th
November:- The 4thAnnual Conference of the Breast Imaging Society of
India (BISI) was inaugurated today by Anupriya Patel, Minister of State
for Health and Family welfare, Government of India. Prof. KLN Rao, Acting
Director, PGI, Chandigarh presided over the function.
Anupriya
Patel in her speech highlighted the increasing incidence of the breast cancer
and related deaths in India due to lack of awareness regarding the breast
screening examinations and presentation in the advanced stages. She praised the
“Asha Jyoti: Women’s Health Care Mobile Outreach Program” started by the
department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, PGI, Chandigarh in 2012 under the
guidance of Prof. N. Khandelwal.
In
his inaugural address, Prof. N. Khandelwal, Chairman, Organizing Committee
stressed upon the various challenges related to the early diagnosis of breast
cancer and other breast diseases including the large volume of the patients,
inadequate imaging facilities and lack of availability of trained dedicated
radiologists in the field of breast imaging.
Dr.
Smriti Hari, Secretary of BISI presented the annual report of the society
mentioning about the various CMEs and workshops conducted during the last one
year to promote uniformity and quality of the Breast imaging in India.
There were sessions on the imaging of
the breast at the mammography level and various image guided interventions in
breast disorders. Dr. Michael Linver, who holds the chair position in BIRADS
ultrasound subcommittee, American College of Radiology and is the director of
mammography, X-Ray associates of New Mexico talked about basic challenges which
are faced by radiologists in their day-to-day reporting in mammography and how
to tackle them. Dr. Jennifer Harvey, Professor of Radiology, Vice-Chair of Development,
University of Virginia, delivered a lecture on the “Art of Triangulation” in
the breast lesions for their correct localization in mammography.
A two hour session was dedicated to
image guided breast interventions which included Ultrasound guided core biopsy,
Stereotactic breast biopsy and MRI Guided interventions. This was followed by
hands on workshops for the delegates for these interventions in the evening.
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