MEthods for LOcalization of Different types of breast lesions (EUBREAST 4)
A prospective non-interventional multicenter cohort study to evaluate different imaging-guided methods for localization of non-palpable malignant breast lesions
Intergroup Study EUBREAST – iBRA-NET
NCT 05559411
Below please find:
b. International Steering Board
c. Heads of National Steering Committees
4. Country-Specific Documents for Download
6. Videos (including recorded Initiation Videoconferences)
1.The MELODY Team
PD Dr. med. Maggie Banys-Paluchowski
Vice-Chair of EUBREAST e.V.
Head of Breast Cancer Center
Head of Center for Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Campus Lübeck
Germany
Deputy Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr. med. Thorsten Kühn
Chairman of EUBREAST
Head of Breast Cancer Center
Die Filderklinik
Filderstadt, Germany
Prof. Dr. Jana de Boniface
Associate Professor at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery
Karolinska Institutet
Department of Surgery, Breast Centre
Capio St. Göran's Hospital
Stockholm, Sweden
Rajiv Dave, BSc, MBChB, MRCSEd, MD, FRCSEd
Consultant Oncoplastic Breast and Endocrine Surgeon
Nightingale & Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention Centre
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester
Manchester, UK
Dr. Oreste Gentilini
Chair of EUBREAST
Head of Department of Breast Surgery
Ospedale San Raffaele
Milan, Italy
Prof. Bahadır M. Güllüoglu, MD, FACS, FEBS (Hon)
President of SENATURK
Department of Surgery, Breast Surgery Unit
Marmara University School of Medicine and SENATURK Turkish Academy of Senology
Istanbul, Turkey
Prof. Dr. med. Markus Hahn
President of German Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (DEGUM)
Head of Experimental Senology
Department of Women’s Health
University Hospital Tübingen
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Tübingen, Germany
James Harvey, MBBS.FRCS Ed. PHd
Nightingale & Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention Centre
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust
Manchester, United Kingdom
Prof. Dr. Güldeniz Karadeniz Çakmak
Professor of Surgery
Director of Breast and Endocrine Unit
Zonguldak BEUN The School of Medicine
Kozlu/Zonguldak, Turkey
Dr. Andreas Karakatsanis, M.D., Ph.D., FEBS-Breast
Senior Consultant, Oncoplastic Breast and General Surgeon
Clinical Lead, Section for Breast Surgery
Department of Surgery
Uppsala University Hospital
Upsala, Sweden
Dr. Ash Kothari
Oncoplastic & Reconstructive Breast Surgeon
Guy's & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Lecturer, Kings College, London
London, United Kingdom
Prof. Dr. med. Michael Lux, MBA
Head of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Frauenklinik St. Louise
Frauen- und Kinderklinik St. Louise
St. Vincenz Krankenhaus GmbH
Paderborn, Germany
Shelley Potter, BSc (Hons), M.B.Ch.B.(Hons), PhD, FHEA, FRCS
Chair of the Executive Group of iBRA-NET
Ass. Professor of Oncoplastic Breast Surgery
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Bristol Population Health Science Institute
Bristol, United Kingdom
Dr. Isabel Rubio
President of EUSOMA
President-Elect of European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO)
Head of Breast Surgical Oncology
Clinica Universidad de Navarra
Madrid, Spain
Prof. Marjolein Smidt
Department of Surgical Oncology
Maastricht University Medical Center
Maastricht, The Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Walter Weber
Founder of the Oncoplastic Breast Consortium (OPBC)
Chief of Division of Breast Surgery
Department of Surgery
Basel University Hospital
Basel, Switzerland
Heads of National Steering Committees
Austria
Prof. Dr. Florentia Peintinger
Medical University of Graz
Graz, Austria
Dr. med. ph.d Tove Filtenborg Tvedskov
Consultant, Associated professor
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
University of Copenhagen
Dept of Breast Surgery
Herlev & Gentofte University Hospital
Copenhagen, Denmark
Denmark (Member of the Steering Committee)
Dr. Lina Pankratjevaite, MD
Consultant breast surgeon
Department of Breast Surgery
Herlev & Gentofte University Hospital
Copenhagen, Denmark
France
Dr Séverine Alran
Head of Breast & Gynecologic Surgery Service
Groupe hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph
Germany
Prof. Dr. med. Nina Ditsch
Head of Breast Cancer Center
University Hospital Augsburg
Augsburg, Germany
Greece
Prof. Dr. Michalis Kontos
1st Department of Surgery
University of Athens
Laiko Hospital
Athens
Greece
India
Prof. S.V.S. Deo
President of the Association of Breast Surgeons of India (ABSI)
President Elect of the Indian Association of Surgical Oncology (IASO)
President of the NCR Oncology Forum
Head of Delhi Cancer Registry
Head of the Department of Surgical Oncology
BRA-IRCH & National Cancer Institute (NCI)
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi-110029, India
Ireland
Prof. Aoife Lowery, MB BCh BAO, MMedSci, FRCS, PhD
Consultant Breast Surgeon & Professor in Surgery
University of Galway
Ireland
Italy
Dr. Rosa Di Micco
San Raffaele University and Research Hospital
Milan, Italy
Peru
Lía Pamela Rebaza, M.D.
Breast Surgeon
Clinica Oncosalud Auna
Lima, Peru
Poland
Prof. Dr n. med. Dawid Murawa
President of the Polish Surgical Society
Head of the Department of Surgical Oncology
Collegium Medicum
University of Zielona Gora
Zielona Góra, Poland
Portugal
Maria Antónia Vasconcelos, MD
Breast Unit
Champalimaud Foundation
Lisbon, Portugal
South Africa
Dr Sarah Nietz
Breast Surgeon, Morningside Medi-Clinic
Lecturer Department of Surgery
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
South Africa
Dr Francois Malherbe
Head of Breast and Endocrine Surgery Unit
Groote Schuur Hospital
Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Spain
Antonio J. Esgueva, MD, PhD
Breast Surgical Oncology
Clinica Universidad de Navarra
Madrid, Spain
Switzerland
Dr. Maria Luisa Gasparri
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
University of the Italian Switzerland
Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale of Lugano
Lugano, Switzerland
Turkey
Prof. N. Zafer Canturk, MD, FACS, FEBS
First Vice-President of SENATURK Senology Academy
CEO/General Director of the Kocaeli University Hospital, Kocaeli, Kocaeli University School of Medicine
Department of General Surgery
Kocaeli, Turkey
Turkey
Prof. Neslihan Cabioglu, MD, PhD, FEBS
Istanbul University
Istanbul Faculty of Medicine
Department of General Surgery
Istanbul, Turkey
United Kingdom
Dr Yazan Masannat, MBBS, MRCSI, MRCSEd, DBRM, FEBS, FRCSEd, MD
Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon
Aberdeen Breast Unit
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
2. Contact Details
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at melody@eubreast.com.
Your email will the be forwarded to the appropriate National Steering Committee representative.
3. Documents for Download
Current documents in English:
- Study protocol
- CRF Primary Surgery
- CRF Neoadjuvant
- Patient-reported Outcomes (Patient Questionnaire)
- Surgeon Satisfaction Questionnaire
- Diagnostician Satisfaction Questionnaire
- Feasibility Questionnaire
- Subject Identification Log
- Signature & Delegation Log
4. Country-Specific Documents for Download
Greece
Italy
Pakistan
Switzerland
- Patient Reported Outcomes Questionnaire in Italian
- Patient Reported Outcomes Questionnaire in German
Turkey
5. Publications
- Review on localization of non-palpable breast cancer and MELODY study in “Cancers” 2023
- Review on localization techniques and presentation of MELODY study in “Frauenarzt” 2023 [German]
6. Videos (including recorded Initiation Videoconferences)
Initation Videoconference
Poster presentation at the ASCO 2023: MELODY video abstract
7. Study Support
The patient enrollment started in Q1 2023.
If you would like to participate in MELODY or to support the study, please contact us at: melody@eubreast.com.
