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EUBREAST Network – MELODY

MELODY

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:

1.The MELODY Team

    a. Principal Investigators

    b. International Steering Board

    c. Heads of National Steering Committees

2. Contact Details

3. Documents for Download

4. Country-Specific Documents for Download

5. Publications

6. Videos (including recorded Initiation Videoconferences)

7. Study Support

 

1.The MELODY Team 

Principal Investigator

 

PD Dr. med. Maggie Banys-PaluchowskiPD 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 KühnProf. Dr. med. Thorsten Kühn

Chairman of EUBREAST

Head of Breast Cancer Center

Die Filderklinik

Filderstadt, Germany

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Steering Board

 

Prof. Dr. Jana de BonifaceProf. 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, FRCSEdRajiv 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 GentiliniDr. Oreste Gentilini

Chair of EUBREAST

Head of Department of Breast Surgery

Ospedale San Raffaele

Milan, Italy

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prof. Bahadır M. Güllüoglu, MD, FACS, FEBS (HonProf. 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 HahnProf. 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. PHdJames 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 ÇakmakProfDrGüldeniz 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-BreastDr. 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 KothariDr. 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, MBAProf. 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, FRCSShelley 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 RubioDr. 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 SmidtProf. Marjolein Smidt

Department of Surgical Oncology

Maastricht University Medical Center

Maastricht, The Netherlands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prof Dr Walter WeberProf. 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

 

Prof. Dr. Florentia PeintingerAustria

Prof. Dr. Florentia Peintinger

Medical University of Graz

Graz, Austria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prof. Dr. Florentia PeintingerDenmark

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr Séverine AlranFrance

Dr Séverine Alran

Head of Breast & Gynecologic Surgery Service

Groupe hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prof. Dr. med. Nina DitschGermany

Prof. Dr. med. Nina Ditsch

Head of Breast Cancer Center

University Hospital Augsburg

Augsburg, Germany

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prof. Dr. Michalis KontosGreece

Prof. Dr. Michalis Kontos
1st Department of Surgery
University of Athens
Laiko Hospital
Athens
Greece

 

 

 

 

Prof. S.V.S. DeoIndia

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

 

LoweryIreland

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

 

 

 

 

  

 

Prof. Dr. n. med Dawid MurawaPoland

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

 

 

 

 

Maria Antónia Vasconcelos, MDPortugal

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

 

 

 

 

 

Esgueva

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

 

 

 

 

 

Prof. N. Zafer CanturkTurkey

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 

 

 

 

 

 

Prof. Neslihan CabiogluTurkey

Prof. Neslihan Cabioglu, MD, PhD, FEBS

Istanbul University

Istanbul Faculty of Medicine

Department of General Surgery

Istanbul, Turkey

 

 

 

 

 

Dr Yazan Masannat, MBBS, MRCSI, MRCSEd, DBRM, FEBS, FRCSEd, MDUnited 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:

 

 

 

4. Country-Specific Documents for Download

 

Austria

 

Denmark

 

Germany

Greece

 

Italy

 

Pakistan

 

Poland

 

Spain

 

Switzerland

 

Turkey

 

5. Publications

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.