Breast Cancer Screening: Which Test, at What Age?
When are a mammogram, ultrasound and breast MRI needed? A guide to the screening schedule for average- and high-risk women, and the strengths and limi…
Read more →Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru Şen is a general surgeon whose area of interest is breast surgery. She completed her medical degree and general surgery residency at Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, and took an oncoplastic breast surgery course at the Senatürk Breast Cancer Center in Düsseldorf, Germany. She sees patients at Istinye University Medical Park Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital and Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital.
Her medical area of interest is breast surgery, with a focus on diagnosing and treating breast diseases.
She took an oncoplastic breast surgery course and considers the integrity of the breast alongside cure of the disease.
First prizes for oral presentations at national and international congresses (2012, 2013, 2018).
General surgery experience since 2002 in university, training-and-research and city hospitals.
Oncoplastic Breast SurgeryA surgical approach that removes the cancer safely while preserving the shape and symmetry of the breast.→
Breast-Conserving Surgery (Lumpectomy)An operation that removes the tumour with a safe margin in early-stage breast cancer without removing the brea→
Mastectomy and Breast ReconstructionOptions for rebuilding the breast, in the same operation or later, when the breast needs to be removed.→
Underarm Surgery and Sentinel Lymph Node BiopsyA way of learning about lymph node involvement with the least tissue loss, reducing the risk of arm swelling (→
Treatment Before Surgery (Neoadjuvant) and SurgeryStarting treatment before surgery in some breast cancers: a chance to shrink the tumour and need less surgery.→
High-Risk Surveillance and Genetic CounsellingPersonalised screening, prevention and surgical options for women with a family history or a gene change such →

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru Şen is a general surgeon whose area of interest is breast surgery. She completed her medical degree and general surgery residency at Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, and took an oncoplastic breast surgery course at the Senatürk Breast Cancer Center in Düsseldorf, Germany. She sees patients at Istinye University Medical Park Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital and Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital.
Your history is heard; examination and any needed imaging are planned.
A clear diagnosis is made with imaging and, if needed, a biopsy.
Surgery and other treatments are explained and planned together with you.
Surgery preserves breast aesthetics; follow-up continues afterwards.

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