ABC6 Consensus: Assessment by a Group of German Experts

Background: The first ‘International Consensus Conference for Advanced Breast Cancer’ (ABC1) took place ten years ago in November 2011. The rationale was - and still is - to standardize treatment of advanced breast cancer (ABC) based on the available evidence and to ensure that world-wide all breast cancer patients r eceive adequate treatment and access to new therapies. Rationale for the manuscript: The 6th International Consensus Confer-ence for ABC (ABC6) took place from November 4th to 6th, 2021 and was the first in a purely online format, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the present manuscript, a working g roup of German breast cancer experts comments on the voting results of the ABC6 panelists regarding their ap-plicability for routine clinical practice in Germany. Method: The ABC6 votes mainly include modified or new statements. With regard to all statements not modified for the ABC6 consensus, the German experts refer to the published paper of the ABC5 consensus. The German experts base their comments on the current recommendations of the ‘Breast Committee’ of the Gynecological Oncology Working Group (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gynäkologische Onkologie, AGO Mamma). Topics: ABC6 focused on new treatment options and their implications for clinical practice. Optimal therapy sequencing for example was one of the issues. To solve the challenge of a more individualized treatment, preci-sion medicine is fundamental. Oligometastatic disease, brain metastases and adequate...
Source: Breast Care - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research