November 23, 2011 — New guidelines for the treatment of advanced breast cancer, specifically metastatic breast cancer, have been developed by an international group of breast cancer experts.

"We know from early-stage breast cancer that survival has improved with the use of international consensus guidelines - and now we must do the same for metastatic disease," she said.

One of the points emphasized in the new guidelines is that the treatment of advanced breast cancer should be carried out by a multidisciplinary team, Dr. Cardoso reported in an interview.