Position Paper on the Necessity for Inpatient Primary Treatment of Breast Cancer

An initial diagnosis of breast cancer will precipitate an acute crisis situation for the affected patient. The patient must cope with her uncertainties, feelings of despair and fears for the future. She will constantly be beset by worries about her own health, her family, her work and career, fears about potential pain, suffering and disability, but she will also hope to be cured.

^* This text was compiled in collaboration with representatives from the following professional associations and study groups:
Prof. Dr. Thomas Dimpfl
President of the German Society for Gynaecology and Obstetrics [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe] (DGGG)
Kassel
Prof. Dr. Diethelm Wallwiener
German Society for Senology [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Senologie] (DGS)
Tübingen
Prof. Dr. Matthias W. Beckmann
Guidelines Officer of the DGGG
Erlangen
Prof. Dr. Anton Scharl
Breast Commission of the Gynaecological Oncology Study Group [Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gynäkologische Onkologie – Kommission Mamma] (AGO)
Amberg
Prof. Dr. Andree Faridi
Work Group for Aesthetic, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Gynaecology [Arbeitsgemeinschaft für ästhetische, plastische und wiederherstellende Operationsverfahren in der Gynäkologie] (AWOgyn)
Berlin
Dr. Gerhard Bartzke
German Federal Association of Senior Consultants for Gynaecology and Obstetrics [Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft leitender Ärztinnen und Ärzte in der Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe] (BLFG)
Rottweil
Hilde Schulte
Honorary chairwoman of the Womenʼs Self-help after Cancer [Frauenselbsthilfe nach Krebs]
Bonn
Prof. Dr. Thomas Beck
Spokesman for the Work Group of Certified Breast Centres [Arbeitsgemeinschaft zertifizierter Brustzentren]
Rosenheim