IBCSG conducts academic clinical trials in early breast cancer, while respecting highest scientific and ethical standards. The patients are at the center of its considerations: the patient’s welfare and quality of life are important research topics.
IBCSG is dedicated to innovative clinical cancer research designed to improve the outcome of women with breast cancer. The goal of clinical research within IBCSG is to find answers to key questions. We wish to give our patients a longer survival, if we fail to cure, a longer symptom free period after the primary treatment and eventually to improve their quality of life.
IBCSG has been and continues to be a pioneer in research into combined hormonal therapy and chemotherapy, timing and duration of adjuvant therapies and quality of life of breast cancer patients. The last generation of trials is addressing the issue of targeting treatment for subgroups of patients (e.g. young patients with receptor expression and elderly patients with negative hormone receptors).