Dr Yazan Masannat

Dr Yazan Masannat
Dr Yazan Masannat
Dr Yazan Masannat

MBBS, MRCSI, MRCSEd, DBRM, FEBS, FRCSEd, MD

Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer

About

Biography

Yazan Masannat is an award-winning Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon specialising in Breast Cancer Surgery. He is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen. His NHS practice is based at Broomfield Hospital in Essex and his private practice is in the London Breast Institute at Princess Grace Hospital in Central London and Springfield Hospital, in Chelmsford, Essex. He has many areas of specialist interest in Breast Cancer Surgery including Breast Reconstruction, Oncoplastic Breast Surgery using the different techniques like therapeutic mammoplasty and Chest Wall Perforator Flaps when indicated to conserve the Breast and Revision Surgery after breast cancer treatment.

Yazan has more than 60 peer reviewed publications and has been awarded numerous research grants. He is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen/Scotland and an E-Tutor with the University of East Anglia/England. He is the Meetings Secretary and an elected member of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Breast Surgery, in addition to being an examiner at the European Board of Surgical Oncology and the European Board of Breast Surgery exams (UEMS).

He is also the creator of www.iBreastBook.com which is a free online resource with contributions from many of the leading Breast and Plastic surgeons across the world. The iBreastBook Webinar series, which he started during the covid pandemic with the support of colleagues has been a huge international success. As a result, Yazan is regularly invited worldwide as an international expert to lecture and teach on the different Oncoplastic Breast Surgical Techniques.

External Memberships

Tutor MS Oncoplastic Breast Surgery, University of East Anglia, Norwich 

Meetings Secretary & Trustee, The Association of Breast Surgery (ABS) 

Communications Lead/ Executive Group, the iBRA-net 

Examiner (UEMS) and Board Member the European Board of Surgical Oncology

Examiner (UEMS) the European Board of Breast Surgery 

Founder and Editor of iBreastBook 

Research

Research Overview

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Publications

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  • Spatial heterogeneity of peri-tumoural lipid composition in postmenopausal patients with oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer

    Cheung, S. M., Chan, K. S., Zhou, W., Husain, E., Gagliardi, T., Masannat, Y., He, J.
    Scientific Reports, vol. 14, no. 1, 4699
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Wire- and radiofrequency identification tag-guided localization of impalpable breast lesions: IBRA-NET localization study

    Harvey, J., Morgan, J., Lowes, S., Milligan, R., Barrett, E., Carmichael, A., Elgammal, S., Masudi, T., Holcombe, C., Masannat, Y., Potter, S., Dave, R. V.
    British Journal of Surgery, vol. 111, no. 2, znae007
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Targeted axillary dissection: worldwide variations in clinical practice

    Kontos, M., Kanavidis, P., Kühn, T., Masannat, Y., Gulluoglu, B., TAD Study Group
    Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Postoperative complications and surgical outcomes of robotic versus conventional nipple-sparing mastectomy in breast cancer: meta-analysis

    Nessa, A., Shaikh, S., Fuller, M., Masannat, Y. A., Kastora, S. L.
    The British journal of surgery, vol. 111, no. 1, znad336
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Towards detection of early response in neoadjuvant chemotherapy of breast cancer using Bayesian intravoxel incoherent motion

    Cheung, S. M., Wu, W. S., Senn, N., Sharma, R., McGoldrick, T., Gagliardi, T., Husain, E., Masannat, Y., He, J.
    Frontiers in Oncology, vol. 13, 1277556
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Non-surgical site pain in women following breast cancer surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Burton, G., Masannat, Y., Forget, P.
    Breast Care, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 399–411
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Post-operative complications and outcomes of robotic vs.conventional nipple sparing mastectomy in breast cancer management. A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Nessa, A., Shaikh, S., Fuller, M., Masannat, Y., Kastora, S.
    British Journal of Surgery
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The Evolution of Educational Events during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Experience of G.Re.T.A. Foundation

    Rocco, N., Catanuto, G., Masannat, Y., Nava, M. B.
    Breast Care, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 200-202
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Outcomes of Different Quality of Life Assessment Modalities After Breast Cancer Therapy: A Network Meta-analysis

    Kastora, S. L., Holmquist, A., Valachis, A., Rocco, N., Meattini, I., Somaiah, N., Peled, A., Chatterjee, A., Catanuto, G., Tasoulis, M. K., Nava, M. B., Poortmans, P., Pusic, A., Masannat, Y., Karakatsanis, A.
    JAMA Network Open, vol. 6, no. 6, e2316878
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Chest wall perforator flaps for breast reconstruction: international survey on attitudes and training needs

    Karakatsanis, A., Sund, M., Rocco, N., Dietz, J. R., Kothari, A., Hamdi, M., Masannat, Y. A., Barry, P. A.
    The British journal of surgery, vol. 48, pp. 1-7
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Keeping a Breast with Social Media: Le Marteau sans maître

    Karakatsanis, A., Masannat, Y.
    Breast Care, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 179-181
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials
  • Natural Language Processing to Extract Meaningful Information from a Corpus of Written Knowledge in Breast Cancer: Transforming Books into Data

    Catanuto, G., Rocco, N., Balafa, K., Masannat, Y., Karakatsanis, A., Maglia, A., Barry, P., Pappalardo, F., Nava, M. B., Caruso, F.
    Breast Care, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 209-212
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The Role of Social Media and Breast Cancer: How Does It Impact Patients?

    Gandamihardja, T. A., Liyanage, S., Coutee, T., Peled, A. W., Masannat, Y.
    Breast Care, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 203-208
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The Role of Social Media in Breast Cancer Care and Survivorship: A Narrative Review

    Aristokleous, I., Karakatsanis, A., Masannat, Y., Kastora, S.
    Breast Care, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 193-199
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
  • Germline Testing Around the Globe: Challenges in Different Practice Settings

    Al-Sukhun, S., Masannat, Y., Wegman-Ostrosky, T., Shrikhande, S. V., Manirakiza, A., Fadelu, T., Rebbeck, T. R.
    American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Educational Book, vol. 43, e390522
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Comprehending the impact of #Breastcancer, #Breastsurgery and related hashtags on Twitter: A content and social network cross-sectional analysis #Breastcancer#Breastsurgery

    Kastora, S. L., Karakatsanis, A., Masannat, Y. A.
    European Journal of Surgical Oncology, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 716-723
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Localization Techniques for Non-Palpable Breast Lesions: Current Status, Knowledge Gaps, and Rationale for the MELODY Study (EUBREAST-4/iBRA-NET, NCT 05559411)

    Banys-Paluchowski, M., Kühn, T., Masannat, Y., Rubio, I., de Boniface, J., Ditsch, N., Karadeniz Cakmak, G., Karakatsanis, A., Dave, R., Hahn, M., Potter, S., Kothari, A., Gentilini, O. D., Gulluoglu, B. M., Lux, M. P., Smidt, M., Weber, W. P., Aktas Sezen, B., Krawczyk, N., Hartmann, S., Di Micco, R., Nietz, S., Malherbe, F., Cabioglu, N., Canturk, N. Z., Gasparri, M. L., Murawa, D., Harvey, J.
    Cancers, vol. 15, no. 4, 1173
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
  • Results of shared learning of a new magnetic seed localisation device – A UK iBRA-NET breast cancer localisation study

    Morgan, J. L., Bromley, H. L., Dave, R. V., Masannat, Y., Masudi, T., Mylvaganam, S., Elgammal, S., Barnes, N., Down, S., Holcombe, C., Potter, S., Gardiner, M. D., Maxwell, A. J., Somasundaram, S. K., Sami, A., Kirwan, C., Harvey, J., iBRA-NET Localisation Study Group
    European Journal of Surgical Oncology, vol. 48, no. 12, pp. 2408-2413
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Current practice and surgical outcomes of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer: UK NeST study

    Fatayer, H., O’Connell, R. L., Bannon, F., Coles, C. E., Copson, E., Cutress, R. I., Dave, R. V., Gardiner, M. D., Grayson, M., Holcombe, C., Irshad, S., Irwin, G. W., O’Brien, C., Palmieri, C., Shaaban, A. M., Sharma, N., Singh, J. K., Whitehead, I., Potter, S., McIntosh, S. A., Curry, H., Iddles, E., Mahmood, M., Masannat, Y., Schneider, J., Simpson, L., Sidapra, M., Baker, L., Capitelli-McMahon, H., Hughes, M., Isaac, A., Skelly, B., Sirianni, C., Hirst, N., Linforth, R., Botes, A., Robinson, T., Schrire, T., Alfred, J., Lennon, H., Dumitru, D., Kleidi, E., Hoar, F., MacInnes, E., Sharma, K., Alaguthurai, T., Chand, N., Farulla, C. A., Hayward, A., Pearce, B., NeST Study Research Collaborative
    British Journal of Surgery, vol. 109, no. 9, pp. 800-803
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Integrative, In Silico and Comparative Analysis of Breast Cancer Secretome Highlights Invasive-Ductal-Carcinoma-Grade Progression Biomarkers

    Kastora, S. L., Kounidas, G., Speirs, V., Masannat, Y. A.
    Cancers, vol. 14, no. 16, 3854
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Global variations in the definition and management of multifocal and multicentric breast cancer: the MINIM international survey

    Masannat, Y. A., Rocco, N., Garreffa, E., Gulluoglu, B. M., Kothari, A., Maglia, A., Nava, M. B., Omar, O. S., Potter, S., Catanuto, G.
    The British journal of surgery, vol. 109, no. 8, pp. 656-659
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Text mining and word embedding for classification of decision making variables in breast cancer surgery

    Catanuto, G., Rocco, N., Maglia, A., Barry, P., Karakatsanis, A., Sgroi, G., Russo, G., Pappalardo, F., Nava, M. B., Heil, J., Karakatsanis, A., Weber, W. P., Gonzalez, E., Chatterjee, A., Urban, C., Sund, M., Paulinelli, R. R., Markopoulos, C., Rubio, I. T., Masannat, Y. A., Meani, F., Koppiker, C. B., Holcombe, C., Benson, J. R., Dietz, J. R., Walker, M., Mátrai, Z., Shaukat, A., Gulluoglu, B., Brenelli, F., Fitzal, F., Mele, M., Kovacs, T., ETHOS Collaborative Group
    European Journal of Surgical Oncology, vol. 48, no. 7, pp. 1503-1509
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The Role of redo-Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients With Prior Ipsilateral Breast Cancer Surgery

    Macnab, M. R. F., Slater, G., Fuller, M., Elsberger, B., Lovell, L., Staff, R. T., Masannat, Y. A.
    Clinical Breast Cancer, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. e674-e679
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Peri-tumoural spatial distribution of lipid composition and tubule formation in breast cancer

    Chan, K., Cheung, G., Senn, N., Husain, E., Masannat, Y., Heys, S., He, J.
    BMC Cancer, vol. 22, 285
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The relationship between cardiac dosimetry and tumour quadrant location in left sided whole breast and chest wall adjuvant radiotherapy

    Masannat, Y. A., Lazaraviciute, G., Garbett, I. K., Shivakumar, N., Brownlee, B. V., Gagliardi, T., Bromiley, A., Heys, S. D., Sharma, R.
    Breast Disease, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 67-74
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The ESSO core curriculum committee update on surgical oncology

    van der Hage, J., Sandrucci, S., Audisio, R., Wyld, L., Søreide, K., Amaral, T., Audisio, R., Bahadoer, V., Beets, G., Benstead, K., Berge Nilsen, E., Bol, K., Brandl, A., Braun, J., Cufer, T., Dopazo, C., Edhemovic, I., Eriksen, J. G., Fiore, M., van Ginhoven, T., Gonzalez-Moreno, S., van der Hage, J., Hutteman, M., Masannat, Y., Onesti, E. C., Rau, B., De Reijke, T., Rubio, I., Ruurda, J., Sandrucci, S., Soreide, K., Stattner, S., Trapani, D., D'Ugo, D., Vriens, M., Wyld, L., Zahl Eriksson, A. G., ESSO core curriculum contributors
    European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology, vol. 47, no. 11, pp. e1-e30
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
  • Impalpable Breast Cancer and Service Delivery during the COVID-19 Pandemic: the Role of Radiofrequency Tag localization

    Strickland, J., Elsberger, B., Lip, G., Fuller, M., Masannat, Y. A.
    Archives of Breast Cancer, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 247-250
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Intra-tumoural lipid composition and lymphovascular invasion in breast cancer via non-invasive magnetic resonance spectroscopy

    Cheung, S. M., Husain, E., Mallikourti, V., Masannat, Y., Heys, S., He, J.
    European Radiology, vol. 31, pp. 3703–3711
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Deregulation of lipid composition in peri-tumoural adipose tissue in postmenopausal patients with breast cancer

    Cheung, S. M., Mallikourti, V., Gagliardi, T., Husain, E., Masannat, Y., Heys, S., He, J.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
  • Diagnosis and management of chyle leak following axillary dissection

    Sidapra, M., Fuller, M., Masannat, Y. A.
    Surgeon, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 360-364
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
  • Incidence of male breast cancer in Scotland over a twenty-five-year period (1992 - 2017)

    Reddington, R., Galer, M., Hagedorn, A., Liu, P., Barrack, S., Husain, E., Sharma, R., Speirs, V., Masannat, Y.
    European Journal of Surgical Oncology, vol. 46, no. 8, pp. 1546-1550
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Lactate concentration in breast cancer using advanced magnetic resonance spectroscopy

    Cheung, S. M., Husain, E., Masannat, Y., Miller, I. D., Wahle, K., Heys, S. D., He, J.
    British Journal of Cancer, vol. 123, no. 2, pp. 261-267
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • International development and implementation of a core measurement set for research and audit studies in implant-based breast reconstruction: a study protocol

    Potter, S., Davies, C., Holcombe, C., Weiler-Mithoff, E., Skillman, J., Vidya, R., Masannat, Y., Weber, W., Heil, J., Wilson, S., Thrush, S., Whisker, L., Blazeby, J., Metcalfe, C., Avery, K.
    BMJ Open, vol. 10, no. 1, 035505
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Multifocal and multicentric breast cancer, is it time to think again?

    Masannat, Y. A., Agrawal, A., Maraqa, L., Fuller, M., Down, S. K., Tang, S., Pang, D., Kontos, M., Romics, L., Heys, S. D.
    Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, vol. 102, no. 1, pp. 62-66
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • q-Space Imaging Yields a Higher Effect Gradient to Assess Cellularity than Conventional Diffusion-weighted Imaging Methods at 3.0 T: A Pilot Study with Freshly Excised Whole-Breast Tumors

    Senn, N., Masannat, Y., Husain, E., Siow, B., Heys, S. D., He, J.
    Radiology: Imaging Cancer, vol. 1, no. 1, e190008
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Optimal Phased-Array Signal Combination For Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Measurement In Breast Cancer Using Multiple Quantum Coherence MR Spectroscopy At 3T

    Mallikourti, V., Cheung, S. M., Gagliardi, T., Masannat, Y., Heys, S. D., He, J.
    Scientific Reports, vol. 9, no. 1, 9259
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The impact of immediate breast reconstruction on the time to delivery of adjuvant therapy: the iBRA-2 study

    O'Connell, R. L., Rattay, T., Dave, R. V., Trickey, A., Skillman, J., Barnes, N. L. P., Gardiner, M., Harnett, A., Potter, S., Holcombe, C., Masannat, Y., iBRA-2 Steering Group, Breast Reconstruction Research Collaborative
    British Journal of Cancer, vol. 120, pp. 883-895
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Current practice and short-term outcomes of therapeutic mammaplasty in the international TeaM multicentre prospective cohort study

    O'Connell, R. L., Baker, E., Trickey, A., Rattay, T., Whisker, L., Macmillan, R. D., Potter, S., Masannat, Y., TeaM Steering Group
    British Journal of Surgery, vol. 105, no. 13, pp. 1778-1792
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • A population-based audit of surgical practice and outcomes of oncoplastic breast conservations in Scotland - An analysis of 589 patients

    Romics, L., Macaskill, E. J., Fernandez, T., Simpson, L., Morrow, E., Pitsinis, V., Tovey, S., Barber, M., Masannat, Y., Stallard, S., Weiler-Mithoff, E., Malyon, A., Mansell, J., Campbell, E. J., Doughty, J., Dixon, J. M.
    European Journal of Surgical Oncology, vol. 44, no. 7, pp. 939-944
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Pleomorphic LCIS what do we know?: A UK multicenter audit of pleomorphic lobular carcinoma in situ

    Masannat, Y. A., Husain, E., Roylance, R., Heys, S. D., Carder, P. J., Ali, H., Maurice, Y., Pinder, S. E., Sawyer, E., Shaaban, A. M.
    Breast, vol. 38, pp. 120-124
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Current margin practice and effect on re-excision rates following the publication of the SSO-ASTRO consensus and ABS consensus guidelines: a national prospective study of 2858 women undergoing breast-conserving therapy in the UK and Ireland

    Tang, S. S., Kaptanis, S., Haddow, J. B., Mondani, G., Elsberger, B., Tasoulis, M. K., Obondo, C., Johns, N., Ismail, W., Syed, A., Kissias, P., Venn, M., Sundaramoorthy, S., Irwin, G., Sami, A. S., Elfadl, D., Baggaley, A., Remoundos, D. D., Langlands, F., Charalampoudis, P., Barber, Z., Hamilton-Burke, W. L. S., Khan, A., Sirianni, C., Merker, L. A. G., Saha, S., Lane, R. A., Chopra, S., Dupré, S., Manning, A. T., St John, E. R., Musbahi, A., Dlamini, N., McArdle, C. L., Wright, C., Murphy, J. O., Aggarwal, R., Dordea, M., Bosch, K., Egbeare, D., Osman, H., Tayeh, S., Razi, F., Iqbal, J., Ledwidge, S. F. C., Albert, V., Masannat, Y.
    European Journal of Cancer, vol. 84, pp. 315-324
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Spontaneous bilateral breast haemorrhagic necrosis

    De Gabriele, S., Macmillan, M. T., Nomikos, A., Tahhan, M., Masannat, Y., Depasquale, I., Miller, I., Watson, H. G.
    British Journal of Haematology, vol. 176, no. 4, pp. 666-668
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Sentinel node biopsy using a magnetic tracer versus standard technique: the SentiMAG Multicentre Trial

    Douek, M., Klaase, J., Monypenny, I., Kothari, A., Zechmeister, K., Brown, D., Wyld, L., Drew, P., Garmo, H., Agbaje, O., Pankhurst, Q., Anninga, B., Grootendorst, M., Ten Haken, B., Hall-Craggs, M. A., Purushotham, A., Pinder, S., SentiMAG Trialists Group, Masannat, Y.
    Annals of Surgical Oncology, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 1237-1245
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Challenges in the management of pleomorphic lobular carcinoma in situ of the breast

    Masannat, Y. A., Bains, S. K., Pinder, S. E., Purushotham, A. D.
    Breast, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 194-196
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
  • Conversion after laparoscopic cholecystectomy in England

    Hussain, A., Masannat, Y., Almusawy, H., Sinha, P.
    Surgical Endoscopy, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 668
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia: a case report

    Masannat, Y. A., Whitehead, S., Hawley, I., Apthorp, L., Shah, E. F.
    Case reports in surgery, vol. 2010, 549643
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Primary leiomyosarcoma of the male breast: a case report

    Masannat, Y., Sumrien, H., Sharaiha, Y.
    Case reports in surgery, vol. 2010, 534102
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Case report of bilateral inflammatory breast cancer

    Masannat, Y. A., Peter, M., Turton, P., Shaaban, A. M.
    European Journal of Cancer Care, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 558-60
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs-associated colopathy

    Masannat, Y. A., Harron, M., Harinath, G.
    ANZ Journal of Surgery, vol. 80, no. 1-2, pp. 96-9
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
  • DNA damaging effects of the dyes used in sentinel node biopsy: possible implications for clinical practice

    Masannat, Y. A., Hanby, A., Horgan, K., Hardie, L. J.
    Journal of Surgical Research, vol. 154, no. 2, pp. 234-238
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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