Publication
Title
Ways to improve breast cancer patients' management and clinical outcome : the 2020 Assisi Think Tank Meeting
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Abstract
We report on the third Assisi Think Tank Meeting (ATTM) on breast cancer, a brainstorming project which involved European radiation and clinical oncologists who were dedicated to breast cancer research and treatment. Held on February 2020, the ATTM aimed at identifying key clinical questions in current clinical practice and "grey" areas requiring research to improve management and outcomes. Before the meeting, three key topics were selected: 1) managing patients with frailty due to either age and/or multi-morbidity; 2) stereotactic ra-diation therapy and systemic therapy in the management of oligometastatic disease; 3) contralateral breast tumour prevention in BCRA-mutated patients. Clinical practice in these areas was investigated by means of an online questionnaire. In the lapse period between the survey and the meeting, the working groups reviewed data, on-going studies and the clinical challenges which were then discussed in-depth and subjected to intense brainstorming during the meeting; research protocols were also proposed. Methodology, outcome of discussions, conclusions and study proposals are summarized in the present paper. In conclusion, this report presents an in-depth analysis of the state of the art, grey areas and controversies in breast cancer radiation therapy and dis-cusses how to confront them in the absence of evidence-based data to guide clinical decision-making.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Critical reviews in oncology, hematology / Chemical Rubber Company [Cleveland, Ohio] - Boca Raton, Fla
Publication
New york : Elsevier science inc , 2022
ISSN
1040-8428
DOI
10.1016/J.CRITREVONC.2022.103774
Volume/pages
177 (2022) , p. 1-16
Article Reference
103774
ISI
000843311700001
Pubmed ID
35917884
Medium
E-only publicatie
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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UAntwerpen
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Identifier c:irua:190057
Creation 05.09.2022
Last edited 03.10.2024
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