Title
ABC4 Consensus: First Latin American Meeting—Assessment, Comments, and Application of Its Recommendations
Date Issued
15 June 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Muñoz-Bermeo R.
del Carmen Torrico M.
Publisher(s)
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Abstract
Breast cancer accounts for a high burden among all the neoplasms in Latin America, with more-advanced stages at presentation, which could result in high mortality rates. The 4th International Consensus Conference for Advanced Breast Cancer (ABC4) is focused on standardizing therapy for advanced breast cancer (ABC) and has held 5 meetings so far. ABC4 took place in Lisbon, Portugal, from November 2 to 4, 2017; however, the first Latin American ABC conference was held in Lima, Peru, from 18 to 19 May, 2018, chaired by Fatima Cardoso, MD, PhD. During these 2 days, the ABC4 consensus recommendations for advanced and locally advanced breast cancer were presented. Local treatment and systemic therapy were discussed with local experts, mainly focusing on anti–human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 therapy and newly approved drugs for hormone receptor–positive breast cancer, such as as CDK4/6, mammalian target of rapamycin, and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors for triple-negative breast cancer. The discussion focused additionally on access to drugs and ABC4 consensus recommendations as regards Latin American patients.
Start page
819
End page
827
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oncología
Farmacología, Farmacia
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85086621156
PubMed ID
Source
JCO Global Oncology
ISSN of the container
26878941
Sponsor(s)
We thank Fatima Cardoso MD (Portugal), and Antonio Wachtel Aptowitzer, MD (Peru).
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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