Programme
The ABC Consensus Conference has established itself as the major international conference for advanced Breast Cancer, and a forum for sharing best clinical practices, inform on the latest scientific updates in the field and, mainly, continue, over the editions, advancing on the goal of improving outcomes for all patients with advanced breast cancer.
The ABC consensus conference started as a pioneering initiative of ESO in 2011, and from the willingness to change the abandonment feelings from ABC patients. Its primary goal is the development of international consensus guidelines for the management of advanced breast cancer patients. These guidelines are based on the most up-to date evidence and can be used to guide treatment decision making in many different health care settings globally, with the necessary adaptations due to different access to care. Throughout the years, these guidelines have been endorsed by several international and European organizations, and several organizations around the world have been adapting them to their country specific environment, particularly in terms of accessibility.
At ABC8, all topics will be presented from the perspective of a multidisciplinary and multi-professional approach, from basic research to clinical implementation. The conference will again close with a consensus session where discussion will focus on updating the ABC guidelines.
We are very much looking forward to meeting again face-to-face and come together as a global community at ABC8 in Lisbon, 6-8 November 2025!
THURSDAY, 6 NOVEMBER 2025 |
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9:00-10:30 |
Patient Advocay session (TBD) |
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9:00-10:30 |
Sponsored Satellite Symposium (TBD) |
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10:30-11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:00-12:30 |
Patient Advocay session (TBD) |
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11:00-12:30 |
Sponsored Satellite Symposium (TBD) |
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12:30-13:30 |
Lunch |
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13:30-15:10 |
Opening session |
Chairs: Fatima Cardoso, PT, Larry Norton, US and Eric P. Winer, US |
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13:30 Welcome to Lisbon |
Speaker TBC |
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13:45 Welcome to ABC8 |
Fatima Cardoso, PT |
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14:05 Keynote lecture |
Speaker TBC |
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14:35 ABC8 Award lecture |
Speaker TBC |
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15:10-15:55 |
Best Abstract Presentation |
Chairs: Larry Norton, US and Ranjit Kaur, MY |
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15:05 Introduction |
Chairs |
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15:10 Selected abstract 1 |
Speaker TBC |
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15:20 Selected abstract 2 |
Speaker TBC |
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15:30 Selected abstract 3 |
Speaker TBC |
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15:40 Discussion |
All |
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15:55-16:25 |
Coffee break |
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16:25-18:00 |
ABC Global Decade Report 2015-2025: How far have we come? |
Chairs: Fatima Cardoso, PT and Anna Cabanes, US |
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16:25 Improving survival of patients living with ABC |
Mariana Chavez Mac Gregor, US |
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16:45 ABC cancer registries: not there yet! |
Vicki Durston, AU and Charlotte Coles, UK |
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17:05 Law and cancer: protecting people living with ABC |
Sarah McHutchison, AU |
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17:20 Panel discussion |
Chairs, Speakers and Marion Kuper, NZ |
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18:00-19:30 |
Patient Advocay session (TBD) |
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18:00-19:30 |
Sponsored Satellite Symposium (TBD) |
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19:30 |
Welcome cocktail |
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FRIDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 2025 |
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8:30-09:35 |
The evolving management of brain and leptomeningeal metastases |
Chairs: Laura Biganzoli, IT and Eva Schumacher-Wulf, DE |
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8:30 The enigma of the blood brain barrier |
Nancy Lin, US |
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8:45 The role of radiotherapy techniques |
Orit Kaidar-Person, IL |
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9:00 The role of systemic therapies |
Javier Cortes, ES |
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9:15 Case-based discussion: timing of local vs. systemic approach |
All |
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09:35-10:40 |
Improving quality of life for patients living with ABC |
Chairs: Chairs: Belinda Kiel, AU and Isabelle Aloi Timeus, MX |
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9:35 Has quality of life improved in the last decade? - Global Decade Report |
Karen Gelmon, CA |
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9:55 Exercise and Body Composition |
Anne May, NL |
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10:10 Optimizing the integration and interface of palliative and oncological care |
Matti Aapro, CH |
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10:25 Discussion |
All |
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10:40-11:10 |
Coffee break |
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11:10-12:15 |
Optimizing clinical trials and drug development for the benefit of patients |
Chairs: Shani Paluch-Shimon, IL and Claire Myerson, UK |
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11:10 Dose-response relationships in oncology: what are the goals of treatment? |
Larry Norton, US |
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11:25 Innovative and adaptive trial designs |
Hope Rugo, US |
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11:40 How valid and useful are new clinical trial endpoints |
Bishal Gyawali, CA |
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11:55 Discussion |
All |
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12:15-13:00 |
Long-term responders
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Chairs: Volkmar Mueller, DE and Tanja Spanic, SI |
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12:15 Maintenance therapies: to escalate or de-escalate? |
Joseph Gligorov, FR
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12:30 Can we talk about cure |
Eric P. Winer, US
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12:45 Discussion |
All |
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13:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
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13:00-14:00 |
Sponsored Satellite Symposium (TBD)
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14:00-15:30 |
Accessibility and affordability: has the gap widened? |
Chairs: Hesham Elghazaly, EG and Sarah Kutika Nyagabona, TZ |
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14:00 Learnings from the Global Decade Report 2015-2025 |
Alex Eniu, CH |
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14:15 Will AI and tele-medicine help bridge the gap? |
Prue Francis, AU |
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14:30 The disconnect between reimbursement rules and advances in clinical practice |
Richard Sullivan, UK |
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14:45 ATOM and the Max Foundation: models for solutions? |
Pat Garcia-Gonzalez, US |
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15:00 Panel discussion |
Chairs, Speakers and Frédérique Penault-Llorca, FR, Charlotte Coles, UK, Carlos Barrios, BR and Stacy Lewis, US |
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15:30-15:55 |
Coffee break |
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15:55-17:00 |
Biology |
Chairs: William J. Gradishar, US and Rania Azmi, KW |
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15:55 Hallmarks systemic disease: implications for optimal ABC management |
Barbara Pistilli, FR |
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16:15 Revisiting need, timing, and type of NGS including liquid and tumor biopsy choices |
Lisa Carey, US |
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16:30 Implementing ctDNA in clinical practice: the ongoing challenges |
François-Clement Bidard, FR |
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16:45 Discussion |
All |
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17:00-17:55 |
News from ABC7 |
Chairs: Guiseppe Curigliano, IT and Julia Maues, US |
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17:00 HER-2+ ABC |
Sandra Swain, US |
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17:15 ER+ / Her2 Neg ABC |
Nadia Harbeck, DE |
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17:30Triple negative ABC |
Rebecca Dent, SG |
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17:45 Discussion |
All |
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18:00-19:30 |
Patient Advocay session (TBD) |
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18:00-19:30 |
Sponsored Satellite Symposium (TBD) |
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SATURDAY, 8 NOVEMBER 2025 |
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8:30-10:30 |
Consensus session (part I) |
ABC8 Chairs, Scientific Committee Members and Panellists |
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10:30-11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:00-11:15 |
Report from ABC Patient Advocacy Committee |
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11:15-12:45 |
Consensus session (part II) |
ABC8 Chairs, Scientific Committee Members and Panellists |
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12:45-13:00 |
Close |
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