Adjuvant Consensus: A Breast Cancer Patient Web Tool

Abstract

The new web tool Adjuvant Consensus gives the user access to the most recent information on how world leading experts suggest to treat a specific breast cancer with systemic therapy. By entering tumor characteristics, age, and menopausal status, the user can find out what experts and national guidelines suggest for this specific tumor. The basis for the suggested treatment options and guidelines are coming from 2 world leading resources: They reflect the reached expert consensus on the implications of evidence for patient treatment selection at the world leading consensus conference on adjuvant therapy held regularly in St. Gallen, and the ‘Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology’ for breast cancer published in the US by the National Cancer Center Network in January 2007. The calculated treatment options include the suggested systemic treatment – chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, and antibody therapy, alone or in combination – and the duration and sequence of therapy. Furthermore, the user can find information on the mode of action and important side effects of the different drugs.