title: 13th st. Gallen international breast cancer conference 2013: primary therapy of early breast cancer evidence, controversies, consensus - opinion of a german team of experts (zurich 2013).
abstract: The International Consensus Conference on the treatment of primary breast cancer takes place every two years in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The panel in St. Gallen is composed of international experts from different countries. From a German perspective, it seems reasonable to interpret the voting results in the light of AGO-recommendations and S3-guidelines for everyday practice in Germany. Consequently, a team of eight breast cancer experts, of whom two are members of the international St. Gallen panel, commented on the voting results of the St. Gallen Consensus Conference (2013). The main topics at this year's St. Gallen conference were surgical issues of the breast and axilla, radio-therapeutic and systemic treatment options, and the clinical relevance of tumour biology. The clinical utility of multigene assays for supporting individual treatment decisions was also intensively discussed.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, interdisziplinäres Brustzentrum, HELIOS Klinikum Berlin Buch, Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Untch
authors.affiliation: Universitätsfrauenklinik Rostock, Germany.
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gerber
authors.affiliation: Brustzentrum, Frauenklinik der Universität München (LMU), München, Germany.
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harbeck
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Klinikum Offenbach, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jackisch
authors.affiliation: Gemeinschaftspraxis für interdisziplinäre Onkologie und Hämatologie, Freiburg i.Br., Germany.
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Marschner
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Klinikum Frankfurt-Höchst, Frankfurt/M., Germany.
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Möbus
authors.affiliation: German Breast Group, Neu-Isenburg; Universitäts-Frauenklinik Frankfurt/M.; Senologische Onkologie, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Gunter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: von Minckwitz
authors.affiliation: German Breast Group, Neu-Isenburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Sibylle
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Loibl
authors.affiliation: Universitätsfrauenklinik Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Matthias W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Beckmann
authors.affiliation: St. Gertrauden Krankenhaus Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Jens-Uwe
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Blohmer
authors.affiliation: Universitätsfrauenklinik Magdeburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Serban-Dan
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Gemeinschaftspraxis Onkologie, Ravensburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Decker
authors.affiliation: Gemeinschaftspraxis Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Mannheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Ingo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Diel
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Kassel, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dimpfl
authors.affiliation: Interdisziplinäres Onkologisches Zentrum, München, Germany.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Eiermann
authors.affiliation: Universitätsfrauenklinik Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fehm
authors.affiliation: Universitätsfrauenklinik München, Germany.
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Friese
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Gynäkologie des Universitätsklinikums Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Fritz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jänicke
authors.affiliation: Universitätsfrauenklinik Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Janni
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinik um Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jonat
authors.affiliation: Frauenklinik Rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Germany.
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kiechle
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe am Klinikum St. Georg, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Köhler
authors.affiliation: Gynäkologisch-onkologische Praxis, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Hans-Joachim
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lück
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Nicolai
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maass
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Charité Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Possinger
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: Achim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rody
authors.affiliation: Frauenklinik, Klinikum St. Marien, Amberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Anton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scharl
authors.affiliation: Nationales Centrum für Tumorerkrankungen (NCTund Universitätsfrauenklinik Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schneeweiss
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik für Gynäkologie, Halle (Saale), Germany.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thomssen
authors.affiliation: Universitätsfrauenklinik Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Diethelm
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wallwiener
authors.affiliation: Westdeutsches Tumorzentrum des Universitätsklinikums Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Welt
keywords: Adjuvant therapy; Early breast cancer; Multigene signatures; St. Gallen Consensus; Targeted therapy