Author, as appears in the article.: Aristei C; Bölükbaşı Y; Kaidar-Person O; Pfeffer R; Arenas M; Boersma LJ; Ciabattoni A; Coles CE; Franco P; Krengli M; Leonardi MC; Marazzi F; Masiello V; Meattini I; Montero A; Offersen B; Trigo ML; Bourgier C; Genovesi D; Kouloulias V; Morganti AG; Meduri B; Pasinetti N; Pedretti S; Perrucci E; Rivera S; Tombolini V; Vidali C; Valentini V; Poortmans P
Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
URV's Author/s: Arenas Prat, Meritxell
Keywords: Stereotactic radiation therapy Radiation therapy Oligometastatic disease De-escalating therapy Contralateral breast cancer prevention Breast cancer Bcra-mutated patients
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 radiation 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 discusses how to confront them in the absence of evidence-based data to guide clinical decision-making.Copyright © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Thematic Areas: Saúde coletiva Oncology Odontología Medicina ii Medicina i Hematology Geriatrics and gerontology Ciências biológicas i Biotecnología
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: meritxell.arenas@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-0815-2570
Record's date: 2024-09-07
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1040842822001986?via%3Dihub
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Critical Reviews In Oncology Hematology. 177 103774-103774
APA: Aristei C; Bölükbaşı Y; Kaidar-Person O; Pfeffer R; Arenas M; Boersma LJ; Ciabattoni A; Coles CE; Franco P; Krengli M; Leonardi MC; Marazzi F; Masiell (2022). Ways to improve breast cancer patients' management and clinical outcome: The 2020 Assisi Think Tank Meeting. Critical Reviews In Oncology Hematology, 177(), 103774-103774. DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2022.103774
Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2022.103774
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications