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. 2013 May;8(2):102-9.
doi: 10.1159/000351193.

St. Gallen 2013: brief preliminary summary of the consensus discussion

Nadia Harbeck  1 , Christoph Thomssen, Michael Gnant
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St. Gallen 2013: brief preliminary summary of the consensus discussion

Nadia Harbeck et al. Breast Care (Basel). 2013 May.

Abstract
in English, German

The 2013 St. Gallen Consensus Conference on early breast cancer provided mostly evidence-based, globally valid treatment recommendations for breast cancer care, with a broad spectrum of acceptable clinical practice. This report summarizes the results of the 2013 international panel voting procedures with regard to loco-regional and endocrine treatment, chemotherapy, targeted therapy as well as adjuvant bisphosphonate use. This report is not aimed to replace the official St. Gallen Consensus publication, some recommendations may even be altered in the final paper, but should serve a preliminary rapid report of this important meeting.

Die diesjährige St. Gallen Konsensuskonferenz 2013 für das frühe Mammakarzinom gab im Wesentlichen weltweit gültige, evidenzbasierte Empfehlungen für die Behandlung, mit einem breiten Spektrum an annehmbarer klinischer Praxis. Der vorliegende Bericht fasst die Abstimmungsergebnisse des internationalen Panels im Hinblick auf Lokaltherapie, endokrine Therapie, Chemotherapie, zielgerichtete Therapie und adjuvante Bisphos-phonatgabe zusammen. Dieser Bericht soll eine rasche Übersicht über die Diskussion vor Ort geben. Er kann nicht die offizielle St. Gallen Konsensus-Publikation ersetzen, einige Empfehlungen werden sicher noch überarbeitet und geändert werden.

Keywords: Axillary dissection; Bisphosphonates; Chemotherapy; Early breast cancer; Endocrine therapy; Neoadjuvant therapy; Surgery; Targeted therapy.

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