Meeting Highlights: The Second Consensus Conference for Breast Cancer Treatment in Korea.

ABSTRACT: The Korean clinical practice guideline recently developed by the Korean Breast Cancer Society to address the national clinical situation is currently under revision ahead of a seventh recommendation. A second consensus conference was held to further develop this guideline by soliciting opinions regarding important issues related to surgery, radiotherapy, and medical oncology. Several issues were discussed, and the discussion progressed to pros and cons in the context of cases in various clinical situations. The panels discussed and voted on issues regarding surgical treatment for non-axillary regional lymph nodes, regional nodal irradiation of pN1 disease, and ovarian functional suppression (OFS) as an adjuvant treatment in premenopausal patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cance

SUBMITTER: Lee S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5620436 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature