5th ESO-ESMO international consensus guidelines for advanced breast cancer (ABC 5)

F Cardoso, S Paluch-Shimon, E Senkus, G Curigliano, M S Aapro, F André, C H Barrios, J Bergh, G S Bhattacharyya, L Biganzoli, F Boyle, M-J Cardoso, L A Carey, J Cortés, N S El Saghir, M Elzayat, A Eniu, L Fallowfield, P A Francis, K Gelmon, J Gligorov, R Haidinger, N Harbeck, X Hu, B Kaufman, R Kaur, B E Kiely, S-B Kim, N U Lin, S A Mertz, S Neciosup, B V Offersen, S Ohno, O Pagani, A Prat, F Penault-Llorca, H S Rugo, G W Sledge, C Thomssen, D A Vorobiof, T Wiseman, B Xu, L Norton, A Costa, E P Winer, F Cardoso, S Paluch-Shimon, E Senkus, G Curigliano, M S Aapro, F André, C H Barrios, J Bergh, G S Bhattacharyya, L Biganzoli, F Boyle, M-J Cardoso, L A Carey, J Cortés, N S El Saghir, M Elzayat, A Eniu, L Fallowfield, P A Francis, K Gelmon, J Gligorov, R Haidinger, N Harbeck, X Hu, B Kaufman, R Kaur, B E Kiely, S-B Kim, N U Lin, S A Mertz, S Neciosup, B V Offersen, S Ohno, O Pagani, A Prat, F Penault-Llorca, H S Rugo, G W Sledge, C Thomssen, D A Vorobiof, T Wiseman, B Xu, L Norton, A Costa, E P Winer

No abstract available

Keywords: ABC; ESO-ESMO; advanced; breast cancer; guidelines; metastatic.

Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure MSA reports receipt of consultation fees from Amgen, BMS, Celgene, Clinigen, Eisai, Genomic Health, GSK, Helsinn, Hospira, JnJ, Novartis, Merck, Merck Serono, Mundipharma, Pfizer, Pierre Fabre, Roche, Sandoz, Tesaro, Tevam Vifor, G1 Therapeutics and Lilly; receipt of honoraria for symposia lectures from Amgen, Bayer, Schering, Cephalon, Chugai, Eisai, Genomic Health, GSK, Helsinn, Hospira, Ipsen, JnJ Ortho Biotech, Kyowa Hakko Kirin, Merck, Merck Serono, Mundipharma, Novartis, Pfizer, Pierre Fabre, Roche, Sandoz, Sanofi, Tesaro, Taiho, Tevam Vifor, G1 Therapeutics and Lilly. CHB reports receipt of honoraria or consultation fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, GSK, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche/Genentech, Eisai, MSD, AstraZeneca and Bayer; receipt of grants/research support to the institution from AbbVie, Amgen, Astellas Pharma, AstraZeneca, BMS, Celgene, Covance, Lilly, Medivation, Merck Serono, MSD, Novartis, Pfizer, PharmaMar and Roche/Genentech. 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