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GlobalWomen Health 2019 Research and Reports in Gynecology and Obstetrics | ISSN: 2591-7366 | Volume 3
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April 15-16, 2019 | Milan, Italy
BREAST CANCER,
GYNECOLOGY ANDWOMEN HEALTH
2nd World Congress on OF EXCELLENCE
IN INTERNATIONAL
MEETINGS
YEARS
IMPROVING QUALITY OF CARE
IN BREAST CANCER TREATMENT:
EUROPEAN CRITERIA FOR CERTIFYING
BREAST SURGEONS AND BREAST
UNITS
As the topic of author’s lecture suggests, he will focus on certification
criteria of breast units and breast surgeons across Europe, which are
crucial issues for the appropriate therapeutic management of breast can-
cer. The last GLOBOCAN estimates for breast cancer, classify this carcino-
ma as the most common in the female. Treatment options have changed
and modern breast surgery tends to have a more conservative and cos-
mesis-preserving face. Breast cancer treatment involves many medical
specialties and requires deep knowledge, training, expertise and ded-
ication. The European Board for Surgical Qualification gives guidelines
on eligibility criteria for involvement in breast surgery defining metrics
for operations that a breast surgeon should have performed and defines
with precise metrics the numbers of procedures in which a qualified
breast surgeons should be involved. Different international societies are
involved in education and certification of competency in breast surgery.
Many authors highlight that treatment of breast cancer in high-volume
centers is of crucial importance because it improves five year survival up
to 33%. Furthermore, the number of breast cancer surgeries that a breast
surgeon performs per year seems to be an independent prognostic fac-
tor for patient’s survival, recurrence and general outcome. For all these
reasons, treatment of breast cancer in certified breast units by special-
Ioannis G Papanikolaou, Res Rep Gynaecol Obstet 2019, Volume 3
DOI: 10.4066/2591-7366-C2-004
Ioannis G Papanikolaou was born in Athens in
1985. In 2009 he takes the Medical Degree with
excellent votation. Afterwards, he was select-
ed to participate in the two years Postgraduate
programme in Robotic surgery, Minimally Inva-
sive Surgery and Telesurgery, in the University of
Athens, Medical School, Greece. In 2011 he was
distinguished again with excellent votation and
obtains the title of “Master of Science” from the
Athens Medical School in “Robotic surgery, Min-
imally Invasive Surgery and Telesurgery. He was
distinguished with the PhD (Doctor of Philoso-
phy) from Athens Medical School, Greece with
Excellent votation in 2018. He has gained the first
Prize in“Robotic Surgery Marathon”as well as the
First Prize in the “Laparoscopic Simulation Cup”.
He is the author of many publications in national
and international journals and he is also select-
ed as reviewer for many journals such as The
British Medical Journal, Stem Cells International,
Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous
Techniques, The International Journal of Medical
Robotics & Computer Assisted Surgery, The Euro-
pean Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Re-
productive Biology. Currently he works in the 1st
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology of the
University of Athens, Medical School in Greece,
in “Alexandra” Hospital.
Ioannis G Papanikolaou
University of Athens, Greece
BIOGRAPHY