Breast Diseases

Diptendra K. Sarkar is a Professor of Surgery and chief of the Breast Surgery and Research Unit at the Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, India. He was awarded the prestigious GB Ong award by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh for securing the highest position in FRCS exam in 2000. He is currently the President of the Association of Breast Surgeons of India and the Honorary Secretary of Asian Society of Mastology .Prof. Sarkar is the Associate Editor of Indian Journal of Surgery and Journal of Indian Medical Association. He is an international Tutor-examiner with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Prof Sarkar was awarded prestigious Hauck Visiting Professorship in May 2019 by Mayo Clinic , Rochester, USA. He is a member of the working group committee on Breast Cancer screening in India and has been the international resource person for early diagnosis in breast cancer for Bangladesh. He is presently member of the Governing Council of Association of Surgeons of India. His areas of interest include research in prognostic markers and locally advanced breast cancer. He has written more than 40 peer-reviewed articles and contributed to 3 book chapters.

Core area I Epidemiology

1. Epidemiology of Breast Cancer.

Core area II Radiology

2.Breast imaging for the Surgeon.

Core area III Physiology and Benign Conditions

3. Developmental anomalies of Breast. 4. Pathophysiology and Hormonal factors involved during pregnancy and lactation and its effects on lactogenesis. 5. Benign breast disease.

Core area IV Etiology, Molecular basis, and screening

6. Etiopathogenesis, Risk Factors and Genomics in Breast Cancer. 7. Management of the high-risk Patient. 8. Breast Cancer Screening: A Need for Comparative Effectiveness Research. 9. Management of high-risk lesions and in situ cancers. 10. Staging of Breast Cancer.

Core area V Management of breast cancer

11. The Management of Impalpable Breast Lesions.12. Paget’s disease of Breast. 13. Management of Early breast cancer. 14. Controversies and consensus in management of axilla. 15. Locally advanced breast cancer. 16. Special considerations in breast cancer management: Breast Cancer and fertility, Pregnancy associated breast cancer. 17. Male breast cancer. 18. Prognostication in breast cancer. 19. Management of metastatic breast cancer.

Core area VI Operative surgery in breast cancer

20. Breast Conservation Therapy. 21. Principals in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery. 22. Principles of Breast Reconstruction. 23. Surgical Management of Breast Cancer Related Lymphoedema.

Core area VII Adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapy

24. Radiation oncology: practice guidelines. 25. Chemotherapeutic interventions. 26. Molecular targets and immunotherapy.

Core area VIII Miscellaneous

27. Special issues in breast tumours: Phylloides, Sarcoma. 28. Breast cancer in developing countries: issues and solutions. 29. Breast cancer Survivorship. 30. Recent Trials in Surgical Management of Breast cancer.