Understanding breast cancer complexity to improve patient outcomes: The St Gallen International Consensus Conference for the Primary Therapy of Individuals with Early Breast Cancer 2023

G Curigliano; HJ Burstein; M Gnant; S Loibl; D Cameron; MM Regan; C Denkert; P Poortmans; WP Weber; B Thürlimann; S Aebi; M Al-Foheidi; F André; M Anikusko; R Badwe; AV Barrio; C Barrios; J Bergh; H Bonnefoi; D Bretel Morales; S Brucker; C Caldas; F Cardoso; MJ Cardoso; L Carey; S Chia; C Coles; J Cortes; J de Boniface; S Delaloge; A DeMichele; G Fastner; F Fitzal; P Francis; H Gamal; O Gentilini; W Gradishar; B Gulluoglu; N Harbeck; J Heil; CSH Huang; J Huober; Z Jiang; O Kaidar-Person; M Kok; ES Lee; S Loi; M Martin; I Meattini; M Morrow; A Partridge; F Penault-Llorca; M Piccart; L Pierce; J Reis-Filho; I Rubio; H Rugo; E Rutgers; C Saura; E Senkus; Z Shao; C Singer; T Spanic; B Thuerlimann; M Toi; S Tolaney; N Turner; A Tutt; MJ Vrancken Peeters; T Watanabe; W Weber; H Wildiers; B Xu

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Understanding breast cancer complexity to improve patient outcomes: The St Gallen International Consensus Conference for the Primary Therapy of Individuals with Early Breast Cancer 2023

G Curigliano, HJ Burstein, M Gnant, S Loibl, D Cameron, MM Regan, C Denkert, P Poortmans, WP Weber, B Thürlimann, S Aebi, M Al-Foheidi, F André, M Anikusko, R Badwe, AV Barrio, C Barrios, J Bergh, H Bonnefoi, D Bretel Morales Show all

Annals of Oncology | Published : 2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2023.08.017

Abstract

The 18th St Gallen International Breast Cancer Conference held in March 2023, in Vienna, Austria, assessed significant new findings for local and systemic therapies for early breast cancer with a focus on the evaluation of multimodal treatment options. The emergence of more effective, innovative agents in both the preoperative (primary or neoadjuvant) and post-operative (adjuvant) settings has underscored the pivotal role of a multidisciplinary approach in treatment decision making, particularly when selecting systemic therapy for an individual patient. The importance of multidisciplinary discussions regarding the clinical benefits of interventions was explicitly emphasized by the consensus ..

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Prudence A. Francis Author

Sherene Loi Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

We gratefully thank all participants of the 19th St Gallen International Breast Cancer Conference for their many useful suggestions. In addition to the panel members, we also thank Carmine Valenza for his assistance in the references.Prof. Dr med. Hansjoerg Senn, Founder of the Foundation SONK, developed the St Gallen International Breast Cancer Conference, together with a dedicated team. We are thankful for the pioneering work of Hans-Joerg Senn and his legacy. He died 13 January 2023 at the age of 88 years.We thank the Foundation for Oncological Seminars and Conferences (SONK) for the continuing support of the St Gallen International Breast Cancer Conference.