Articles

Quality management for systemic treatment of breast cancer

BJMO - volume 12, issue 1, february 2018

D. Verhoeven MD, PhD, F.P. Duhoux MD, PhD, E. de Azambuja MD, PhD, H. Wildiers MD, PhD, P. Vuylsteke MD, A. Barbeaux MD, N. van Damme PhD, E. Van Eycken MD

Summary

Limited literature is available about quality management in systemic treatment of breast cancer patients. Professionals are the key players in the identification and interpretation of quality indicators. The Belgian Society of Medical Oncology takes the lead in the field of quality management of systemic treatment for cancer, especially breast cancer. A narrow collaboration with the Belgian Cancer Registry will allow benchmarking. The results will be presented and discussed between peers of the society. This should lead to better outcomes for all Belgian centres. All Belgian Society of Medical Oncology members are called for active participation

(BELG J MED ONCOL 2018;12(1):15–21)

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Systemic chemotherapy regimens in early breast cancer patients: updated recommendations from the BSMO breast cancer task force

BJMO - volume 11, issue 8, december 2017

H. Wildiers MD, PhD, F.P. Duhoux MD, PhD, A. Awada MD, PhD, E. de Azambuja MD, PhD

SUMMARY

Since the publication from the Belgian Society of Medical Oncology breast cancer task force in 2014 in the Belgian Journal of Medical Oncology, new information has become available on optimal chemotherapy regimens for early breast cancer patients. On February 24th, 2017, 37 medical oncologists involved in breast cancer management reviewed the most important scientific data on this topic. The authors of this paper summarised the findings, and sent a questionnaire to the members asking for their input. This paper summarises the consensus of this exercise.

(BELG J MED ONCOL 2017;11(8):375–379)

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Highlights in breast cancer

BJMO - volume 11, issue 4, september 2017

Tom Feys MBA, MSc, H. Wildiers MD, PhD

This report will discuss a selection of key studies related to breast cancer discussed during the 2017 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. ASCO 2017 featured important new data generated with CDK4/6 inhibitors in patients with advanced breast cancer and included several abstracts considering the potential of PD-L1 inhibition for breast cancer. In addition to this, updates of several large phase III studies, including MARIANNE, ALLTO and APHINITY were presented. For a more complete overview of breast cancer news presented at ASCO 2017, we refer to the ASCO annual meeting website (https://meetings.asco.org/am/register-submit-abstracts).

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O.09 Geriatric assessment (GA)- guided interventions in older patients (pts) with cancer

BJMO - 2017, issue 3, february 2017

L. Decoster MD, PhD, C. Kenis RN, PhD, J. Flamaing , P.R. Debruyne , I. De Groof , C. Focan MD, PhD, F. Cornélis MD, V. Verschaeve MD, K. Vanoverbeke , Y. Libert , S. Luce , N. Nols , H. van den Bulck , J.C. Goeminne MD, K. Geboers , J.P. Lobelle , M. Lycke , K. Milisen PhD, H. Wildiers MD, PhD, A. Baitar

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P.09 Tamoxifen metabolism and breast cancer efficacy in the neo-adjuvant or metastatic setting – a prospective multicenter trial

BJMO - 2017, issue 3, february 2017

L. Jongen , P. Neven MD, PhD, A. Lintermans , K. Van Asten MSc, C. Blomme , D. Lambrechts PhD, A. Poppe , H. Wildiers MD, PhD, A.S. Dieudonné , J. Decloedt MD, P. Berteloot , D. Verhoeven MD, PhD, M. Joerger , P. Vuylsteke MD, W. Wynendaele MD, PhD, M. Casteels , Sabine Van Huffel , W. Lybaert MD, J. Van Ginderachter , R. Paridaens , I. Vergote MD, PhD, V. Dezentjé , B. Van Calster PhD, H-J. Guchelaar

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P.06 A Nursing Intervention for Reducing Symptom Burden during Chemotherapy (CHEMO-SUPPORT): Results of a Quasi-Experimental Study

BJMO - 2017, issue 3, february 2017

A. Coolbrandt PhD, H. Wildiers MD, PhD, Annouschka Laenen , B. Aertgeerts , B. Dierickx De Casterlé , T. Van Achterberg , K. Milisen PhD

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Breast cancer highlights

BJMO - volume 10, issue 8, december 2016

H. Wildiers MD, PhD, Tom Feys MBA, MSc

(BELG J MED ONCOL 2016;10(8):308–13)

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