CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2024; 84(06): 529-540
DOI: 10.1055/a-2300-5326
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Update Breast Cancer 2024 Part 1 – Expert Opinion on Advanced Breast Cancer

Article in several languages: English | deutsch
Rachel Würstlein
1   Breast Center, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics and CCC Munich LMU, LMU University Hospital, Munich, Germany
,
Hans-Christian Kolberg
2   Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Marienhospital Bottrop, Bottrop, Germany
,
Andreas D. Hartkopf
3   Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Tübingen University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany
,
Tanja N. Fehm
4   Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf) Germany
,
Manfred Welslau
5   Onkologie Aschaffenburg, Aschaffenburg, Germany
,
Florian Schütz
6   Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Diakonissen-Stiftungs-Krankenhaus Speyer, Speyer, Germany
,
Peter A. Fasching
7   Erlangen University Hospital, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
,
Wolfgang Janni
8   Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany
,
Isabell Witzel
9   Universitätsspital Zürich, Klinik für Gynäkologie, Zürich, Switzerland
,
Christoph Thomssen
10   Department of Gynaecology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
,
Annika Krückel
7   Erlangen University Hospital, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
,
Erik Belleville
11   ClinSol GmbH & Co. KG, Würzburg, Germany
,
Diana Lüftner
12   Immanuel Hospital Märkische Schweiz, Buckow, Germany & Medical University of Brandenburg Theodor-Fontane, Rüdersdorf, Germany
,
Michael Untch
13   Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics, Breast Cancer Center, Gynecologic Oncology Center, Helios Klinikum Berlin Buch, Berlin, Germany
,
Marc Thill
14   Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus, Department of Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology, Frankfurt, Germany
,
Manuel Hörner
7   Erlangen University Hospital, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
,
Hans Tesch
15   Oncology Practice at Bethanien Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
,
Nina Ditsch
16   Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
,
Michael P. Lux
17   Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Frauenklinik St. Louise, Paderborn, St. Josefs-Krankenhaus, Salzkotten, St. Vincenz Krankenhaus GmbH, Paderborn, Germany
,
Bahriye Aktas
18   Department of Gynecology, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
,
Maggie Banys-Paluchowski
19   Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
,
Florin-Andrei Taran
20   Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
,
Achim Wöckel
21   Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
,
Nadia Harbeck
1   Breast Center, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics and CCC Munich LMU, LMU University Hospital, Munich, Germany
,
Elmar Stickeler
22   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf), University Hospital of RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
,
Rupert Bartsch
23   Medical University of Vienna, Department of Medicine I, Division of Oncology, Vienna, Austria
,
Andreas Schneeweiss
24   National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital and German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
,
Johannes Ettl
25   Klinikum Kempten, Klinikverbund Allgäu, Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Gynäkologie, Kempten, Germany
,
David Krug
26   Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Klinik für Strahlentherapie, Kiel, Germany
,
Volkmar Müller
27   Department of Gynecology, Hamburg-Eppendorf University Medical Center, Hamburg, Germany
› Author Affiliations

Abstract

Clinical evidence is interpreted based on clinical studies and personal experience which can lead to different interpretations of data. This makes the opinions issued by panels of experts such as the Advanced Breast Cancer Panel which convened in November 2023 for the seventh time (ABC7) particularly important. At the conference, current issues around advanced breast cancer were evaluated by an international team of experts.

In 2023 the data on CDK4/6 inhibitors was so extensive that the answers to questions about the sequencing of therapy and the potential use of chemotherapy as an alternative therapy were relatively clear. Moreover, data on antibody drug conjugates which provides a good overview of their uses is available for all molecular subtypes.

Some therapeutic settings, including patients with brain metastases or leptomeningeal disease, older patients, locally advanced breast cancer and visceral crises, continue to be particularly important and were discussed in structured sessions. The scientific context of some of the topics discussed at ABC7 is presented and assessed here.

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Publication History

Received: 03 April 2024

Accepted after revision: 04 April 2024

Article published online:
29 May 2024

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