This inter-university diploma covers the whole field of breast cancer surgery. It is intended for plastic, gynaecological and general surgeons who practise, or intend to practise, breast surgery.
Teaching combines lectures, hands-on workshops, dissection and time in the operating room. The course is coordinated by the Department of Plastic, Oncologic and Reconstructive Surgery at Gustave Roussy and is taught in French.
Curriculum
- oncologic principles and treatment strategy
- breast-conserving surgery and oncoplastic techniques
- mastectomy, sentinel node biopsy and axillary dissection
- implant-based reconstruction and matrices
- pedicled flaps and autologous microsurgical reconstruction
- symmetrisation, lipofilling and treatment of sequelae
Modules can also be taken separately: see stand-alone modules.