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

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 als

SUBMITTER: Cardoso F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11231614 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature