CONTENTS

3 FOREWORD
BY PROF JACQUES BONNETERRE AND PROF DIDIER VERHOEVEN

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

5 QUALITY MANAGEMENT OF BREAST CANCER PATIENTS: A COMPARISON BETWEEN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
BY DIDIER VERHOEVEN 

9 OBJECTIVE EVALUATION OF COSMETIC OUTCOME – QUALITY CONTROL ON BREAST RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
BY MAURÍCIO MAGALHÃES COSTA

BOOK OF ABSTRACTS 

19 DETAILED CONTENTS

23 WORKSHOPS: MULTIDISCIPLINARITY IN THE BREAST CENTER

35 SESSION 1: QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE BREAST CLINIC

38 SESSION 2: EXPLORING THE ECONOMICS OF BREAST CANCER CARE

41 SESSION 3: ISSUES IN BREAST CANCER SCREENING

43 SESSION 4: HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TELEMEDICINE

46 SESSION 5: MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE

47 SESSION 6: TOXICITY AND OVERTREATMENT: DANGER OF OUR QUALITY

49 SESSION 7: QUALITY MANAGEMENT OF THE ELDERLY PATIENTS IN THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM

50 SESSION 8: PATIENT ADVOCACY: SUPPORTIVE AND MENTAL CARE

51 SESSION 9: DEBATE ON QUALITY IN BREAST SURGERY: A FORGOTTEN ITEM?

55 SESSION 10: UPDATES ON TREATMENT FOR BREAST CANCER

56 SESSION 11: DEBATE ON NEW ANTICANCER AGENTS AND TECHNOLOGIES

56 SESSION 12: BREAST HEALTH: A GLOBAL VIEW ON QUALITY

61 SUPPLEMENTARY ABSTRACTS