St. Gallen 2013: Brief Preliminary Summary of the Consensus Discussion

The 2013 St. Gallen Consensus Conference on early breast cancer
providedmostly evidence-based, globally valid treatment
recommendations forbreast cancer care, with a broad spectrum of
acceptable clinicalpractice. This report summarizes the results of
the 2013 internationalpanel voting procedures with regard to
loco-regional and endocrinetreatment, chemotherapy, targeted
therapy as well as adjuvantbisphosphonate use. This report is not
aimed to replace the official St.Gallen Consensus publication, some
recommendations may even be alteredin the final paper, but should
serve a preliminary rapid report of thisimportant meeting.