RT Book, Section
A1 Schoppmann, Sebastian F.
A1 Thomanek, Karl
A1 Gnant, Michael
A1 Jakesz, Raimund
A2 Kuerer, Henry M.
SR Print(0)
ID 6413312
T1 Chapter 47. The Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer Study Group Experience
T2 Kuerer's Breast Surgical Oncology
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-160178-8
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6413312
RD 2024/04/24
AB The  Austrian  Breast  and  Colorectal  Cancer  Study  Group  (ABCSG),  formerly  known  as  "Cooperative  Studiengruppe  Mammakarzinom,"  was  established  in  1984  as  a  cooperative  institution  conducting  multicenter  clinical  trials  in  breast  and  colorectal  cancer.  Since  its  inception,  more  than  20,000  patients  have  been  enrolled  in  some  30  prospective  randomized  phase  III  studies.  The  key  scientific  treatment  issues  studied  until  now  in  major  clinical  programs  have  been  (1)  adjuvant  endocrine  therapy  for  pre-  and  postmenopausal  women,  as  well  as  the  role  of  bisphosphonates,  and  (2)  chemotherapy  in  the  neoadjuvant  setting.  The  goal  of  this  chapter  is  to  provide  a  brief  synopsis  of  the  high-impact  trials  carried  out  by  the  ABCSG  with  respect  to  breast  surgical  oncology  and  to  examine  their  study  results  in  a  broader  context.