title: 14th St. Gallen International Breast Cancer Conference 2015: Evidence, Controversies, Consensus - Primary Therapy of Early Breast Cancer: Opinions Expressed by German Experts.
abstract: The key topics of this year's 14th St. Gallen Consensus Conference on the diagnosis and therapy of primary breast cancer were again questions about breast surgery and axillary surgery, radio-oncology and systemic therapy options in consideration of tumor biology, and the clinical application of multigene assays. This year, the consensus conference took place in Vienna. From a German perspective, it makes sense to substantiate the results of the vote of the international panel representing 19 countries in light of the updated national therapy recommendations of the AGO (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gynäkologische Onkologie). Therefore, 14 German breast cancer experts, 3 of whom are members of the International St. Gallen Panel, have commented on the voting results of the St. Gallen Consensus Conference 2015 in relation to clinical routine in Germany.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Sana-Klinikum Offenbach, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jackisch
authors.affiliation: Brustzentrum, Frauenklinik der Universität München (LMU), München, Germany.
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harbeck
authors.affiliation: Brustzentrum, Universitätsfrauenklinik Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huober
authors.affiliation: German Breast Group, Neu-Isenburg, Universitäts-Klinikum Frankfurt and Senologische Onkologie, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Gunter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: von Minckwitz
authors.affiliation: Universitätsfrauenklinik Rostock, Germany.
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gerber
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pathologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Hans-Heinrich
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Kreipe
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Germany.
authors.forename: Cornelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liedtke
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: Klinik und Poliklinik für Strahlentherapie und Radioonkologie, LMU München, Germany.
authors.forename: Heike
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Scheithauer
authors.affiliation: Nationales Centrum für Tumorerkrankungen (NCT) und Universitätsfrauen-klinik 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: German Breast Group, Neu-Isenburg; Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Sana-Klinikum Offenbach, Germany.
authors.forename: Sibylle
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Loibl
authors.affiliation: Frauenklinik des Universitätsklinikums Erlangen, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Matthias W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Beckmann
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gynäkologie und Brustzentrum, Charité Berlin-Mitte, 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: Frauenklinik des Universitätsklinikums Erlangen, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-Nürnberg, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Fasching
authors.affiliation: Universitätsfrauenklinik Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fehm
authors.affiliation: Universitätsfrauenklinik Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Janni
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 Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: Nicolai
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maass
authors.affiliation: Frauenklinik, Klinikum St. Marien, Amberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Anton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scharl
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Interdisziplinäres Brustzentrum, HELIOS Klinikum Berlin Buch, Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Untch
keywords: Endocrine therapy; Local therapy; Multigene assay; Sentinel node biopsy; St. Gallen Consensus 2015; Systemic therapy; Targeted substances