8th Baltic Congress of Radiology

08.10.2022 Tallinn, Estonia

Seeds of change. Novel pre-surgery localization technique for clinically occult breast lesions at University Hospital Crosshouse

Maret Talk-McHardy (United Kingdom)

Consultant Radiologist, University Hospital Crosshouse and Ayrshire Central Hospital NHS

Biography: She is a cum laude graduate of Tartu University Medical Faculty. She completed her Radiology residency in Tartu and had fellowships in Saltzburg and Liverpool. Maret has been practicing oncological and breast Imaging over 26 years. She has served as a senior radiologist at Estonian Oncology Centre and as a Chair of Radiology at North Estonian Medical Centre. She is a well-known educational speaker about early detection of breast cancer, screening and breast imaging in Estonian media. Last 5 years she has been working as a consultant radiologist subspecialized on breast imaging in England and Scotland. She has been an invited speaker and moderator of breast sessions of earlier Baltic Congresses of Radiology and oncology forums in Estonia and Northamptonshire, UK.

Presentation

Terrace Hall

Synopsis: With advances in the radiologic imaging technics and wider use of mammographic screening programmes more breast cancers found are only screen detected and not clinically palpable. It means preoperative localization has become more important for successful treatment outcome. For excision of non-palpable breast lesions localisation techniques “gold standard” for a long time has been wireguided localisation. Limitations of this technique include the associated risks of migration, scheduling issues, patient anxiety, clinical outcome and this technique is not suitable to use in axillary areas. Preoperative breast and axillary lesions localization methods have recent advances including nonwire techniques: radioguided occult lesion localization (ROLL), radioactive seeds, radar reflectors, radiofrequency identification tag localizers (RFID) and magnetic seeds. In this presentation these methods and factors to consider during selection of nonwire lesion localization techniques are discussed and our own experience at University Hospital Crosshouse, UK, presented.

This agenda item is presented in the following session: S8-4 Breast Radiology

Plenary session

08.10.2022 15:30 - 17:00