Tailoring therapies-improving the management of early breast cancer: St Gallen International Expert Consensus on the Primary Therapy of Early Breast Cancer 2015

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1533-1546

  Coates, Alan S ^a   Winer, Eric P ^b,l   Goldhirsch, Aron ^c,s   Gelber, Richard D ^b,l   Gnant, Michael ^d   Piccart Gebhart, Martine J ^e   Thürlimann, Beat ^f   Senn, H J ^g   André, Fabrice ^h   Baselga, José ⁱ   Bergh, Jonas ^j   Bonnefoi, Hervé ^k   Burstein, Harold ^l   Cardoso, Fatima ^m   Castiglione Gertsch, Monica ⁿ   Colleoni, Marco ^c   Curigliano, Giuseppe ^c   Davidson, Nancy E ^o   Leo, Angelo Di ^p   Ejlertsen, Bent ^q   Forbes, John F ^r   Galimberti, Viviana ^c   Goodwin, Pamela ^t,u   Harbeck, Nadia ^v   Hayes, Daniel F ^w   Huober, Jens ^x   Hudis, Clifford A ^i,y   Ingle, James N ^z   Jassem, Jacek ^aa   Jiang, Zefei ^ab   Karlsson, Per ^ac   Morrow, Monica ⁱ   Orecchia, Roberto ^c   Kent Osborne, C ^ad   Partridge, Ann H ^l   de la Peña, Lorena ^ae   Pritchard, Kathleen I ^u   Rutgers, Emiel J T ^af   Sedlmayer, Felix ^ag   Semiglazov, Vladimir ^ah   Shao, Zhi Ming ^ai   Smith, Ian ^aj   Toi, Masakazu ^ak   Tutt, Andrew ^al   Viale, Giuseppe ^am   von Minckwitz, Gunter ^an   Watanabe, Toru ^ao   Whelan, Timothy ^ap   Xu, Binghe ^aq   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^f CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^g Tumor Center ZeTuP   (Switzerland)

^h INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

ⁱ MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^j KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^l DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^m Champalimaud Cancer Centre   (Portugal)

ⁿ International Breast Cancer Study Group   (Switzerland)

^o UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^p HOSPITAL OF PRATO   (Italy)

^q International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

^r UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^s Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery   (Switzerland)

^t MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^u UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^v UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^w UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^y WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^z MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^aa MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^ab BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^ac SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^ad BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ae Sahlgrenska University Hospital ^*  (Spain)

^af ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^ag PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^ah N N PETROV RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^ai FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^aj ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^ak KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^al GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^am UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^an GBG Forschungs GmbH   (Germany)

^ao Department of Medicine Hamamatsu Oncology Center   (Japan)

^ap JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^aq CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

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Author keywords

Early breast cancer; Radiation therapy; St Gallen Consensus; Surgery; Systemic adjuvant therapies

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GEFITINIB; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; LAPATINIB; LETROZOLE; PACLITAXEL; PALBOCICLIB; PERTUZUMAB; PLATINUM COMPLEX; TAMOXIFEN; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; TRASTUZUMAB; ANTHRACYCLINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS; ERBB2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PLATINUM DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TAXOID;

AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EARLY CANCER; GENE MUTATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MONOTHERAPY; OVARIAN PRESERVATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK REDUCTION; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT RADIOTHERAPY; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MASTECTOMY; METABOLISM; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANTHRACYCLINES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; TAMOXIFEN; TAXOIDS; TRASTUZUMAB;

EID: 84939423024     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv221     Document Type: Article

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