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6th and 7th International consensus guidelines for the management of advanced breast cancer (ABC guidelines 6 and 7)

  • Fatima Cardoso
  • , Shani Paluch-Shimon
  • , Eva Schumacher-Wulf
  • , Leonor Matos
  • , Karen Gelmon
  • , Matti S. Aapro
  • , Jyoti Bajpai
  • , Carlos H. Barrios
  • , Jonas Bergh
  • , Elizabeth Bergsten-Nordström
  • , Laura Biganzoli
  • , Maria João Cardoso
  • , Lisa A. Carey
  • , Mariana Chavez Mac Gregor
  • , Runcie Chidebe
  • , Javier Cortés
  • , Giuseppe Curigliano
  • , Rebecca A. Dent
  • , Nagi S. El Saghir
  • , Alexandru Eniu
  • Lesley Fallowfield, Prudence A. Francis, Sandra X. Franco Millan, Jenny Gilchrist, Joseph Gligorov, William J. Gradishar, Renate Haidinger, Nadia Harbeck, Xichun Hu, Ranjit Kaur, Belinda Kiely, Sung Bae Kim, Smruti Koppikar, Marion J.J. Kuper-Hommel, Frédéric E. Lecouvet, Ginny Mason, Shirley A. Mertz, Volkmar Mueller, Claire Myerson, Silvia Neciosup, Birgitte V. Offersen, Shinji Ohno, Olivia Pagani, Ann H. Partridge, Frédérique Penault-Llorca, Aleix Prat, Hope S. Rugo, Elzbieta Senkus, George W. Sledge, Sandra M. Swain, Christoph Thomssen, Daniel A. Vorobiof, Peter Vuylsteke, Theresa Wiseman, Binghe Xu, Alberto Costa, Larry Norton, Eric P. Winer
  • Champalimaud Clinical Center
  • Hadassah University Medical Centre
  • Mamma Mia das Brustkrebsmagazin
  • Provincial Health Services Authority
  • Clinique de Genolier
  • Tata Memorial Hospital
  • Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group (LACOG)
  • Karolinska Institutet
  • Europa Donna - the European Breast Cancer Coalition
  • Italy and European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA)
  • University of Lisbon
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Project PINKBLUE
  • International Breast Cancer Center (IBCC)
  • IRCCS Istituto Europeo di Oncologia - Milano
  • University of Milan
  • National Cancer Centre
  • American University of Beirut
  • Hôpital Riviera
  • University of Sussex
  • University of Melbourne
  • Cancer Treatment and Research Center
  • Macquarie University
  • Hôpital Tenon
  • USA and National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
  • Brustkrebs Deutschland E.V.
  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
  • Fudan University
  • Breast Cancer Welfare Association Malaysia
  • The University of Sydney
  • University of Ulsan
  • Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre
  • NZ ABC Guidelines
  • Université catholique de Louvain
  • Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation
  • MBC US Alliance and Metastatic Breast Cancer Network US
  • University of Hamburg
  • Breast Cancer Now
  • Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplasicas
  • Aarhus University
  • Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • Université Clermont Auvergne
  • University of Barcelona
  • University of California at San Francisco
  • Medical University of Gdańsk
  • Stanford University
  • Georgetown University
  • Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
  • Belong.Life
  • CHU UCL Namur
  • University of Southampton
  • European School of Oncology
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  • Yale University

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Abstract

This manuscript describes the Advanced Breast Cancer (ABC) international consensus guidelines updated at the last two ABC international consensus conferences (ABC 6 in 2021, virtual, and ABC 7 in 2023, in Lisbon, Portugal), organized by the ABC Global Alliance. It provides the main recommendations on how to best manage patients with advanced breast cancer (inoperable locally advanced or metastatic), of all breast cancer subtypes, as well as palliative and supportive care. These guidelines are based on available evidence or on expert opinion when a higher level of evidence is lacking. Each guideline is accompanied by the level of evidence (LoE), grade of recommendation (GoR) and percentage of consensus reached at the consensus conferences. Updated diagnostic and treatment algorithms are also provided. The guidelines represent the best management options for patients living with ABC globally, assuming accessibility to all available therapies. Their adaptation (i.e. resource-stratified guidelines) is often needed in settings where access to care is limited.

Original languageEnglish
Article number103756
JournalBreast
Volume76
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2024

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • ABC
  • Advanced
  • Breast cancer
  • Consensus
  • Guidelines
  • Metastatic

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