The Division of Senology consists of three operating units which are all concerned with clinical research to develop new surgical techniques to improve the effectiveness of treatments for breast cancer that also preserve the integrity of the woman’s body.

The Senology Division played a major role in the development of sentinel node biopsy for breast cancer. It carried out studies to demonstrate that the technique provides an accurate, minimally invasive method of staging the axilla. Other studies have extended the indication for sentinel node biopsy to women with cancers larger than 3 cm, to women who have received preoperative chemotherapy, and also those who are pregnant. Sentinel node biopsy has become a standard procedure at many centres throughout the world and is now applicable to most breast cancer cases.

Main Treatments

• Conservative Surgery and Reshaping
• Mastectomy plus Immediate Breast Reconstruction
• Sentinel Node Biopsy
• Intraoperative Radio Therapy
• Day Surgery
  
  

IEO can offer you:

• Check up pack. It provides specialist medical laboratory and instrumental examination. The check up will be carried out in 2 days but there is the possibility to undergoing a complete and accurate check up in one day (when required).
• Second opinion pack. It provides specialist medical and instrumental examination and biopsy.
• In 5 working days IEO Staff may detect very early stages of breast cancer that can save the life of patient!

Breast Cancer Surgery

If necessary three or four days after the first visit with the breast surgeon is organized the hospital admission. This period is very useful in order to organize the most appropriate surgical procedure. In one day the patient is undergoing preoperative examinations (blood examination, chest x-ray, reading of previous histological examinations, FNBA, anesthesiologist consult, plastic surgeon consult, if necessary ultrasound investigation of the breast or mammography are performed again).

One Day Surgery pack. When applicable a single session of surgical procedure can be provided. It covers quadrantectomy plus sentinel node biopsy or plus axillary dissection plus intraoperative radiotherapy. In the same day of the operation the patient can go back home.

The full hystological examination of the axillary sentinel node is available at the same time of the surgical procedure. The possibility to have the complete hystological result about breast cancer including all features (hormon receptors status, proliferation index, expression of her 2neu, grading) within five working days only after the surgery.

2 in 1 pack. It provides an immediate breast reconstruction ( with prosthesis) after mastectomy by a plastic surgeon.

Advantages to have surgery in IEO:

Advantages to have surgery in IEO: 

• A pool of specialist with the experience of the most large number of breast surgical procedure in all over the Europe.
• The possibility to preserve your breast and if it is no possible to conserve your breast, the possibility to undergo a mastectomy with an immediate plastic reconstruction with the newest and advanced techniques.
• The possibility to preserve your axillary lymphnodes with the only sentinel node biopsy of the axilla.
• The possibility to have the adequate therapy just after one week from the surgery.