AGO recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with locally advanced and metastatic breast cancer: update 2026

The Breast Committee of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gynäkologische Onkologie (German Gynecological Oncology Group, AGO) presents the 2026 update of the evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with locally advanced and metastatic breast cancer.

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Main Authors:	Thill, Marc (Author) , Müller, Volkmar (Author) , Fehm, Tanja (Author) , Albert, Ute-Susann (Author) , Banys-Paluchowski, Maggie (Author) , Bartsch, Rupert (Author) , Bauerfeind, Ingo (Author) , Bjelic-Radisic, Vesna (Author) , Blohmer, Jens (Author) , Dall, Peter (Author) , Fallenberg, Eva Maria (Author) , Fasching, Peter A. (Author) , Friedrich, Michael (Author) , Gluz, Oleg (Author) , Harbeck, Nadia (Author) , Hartkopf, Andreas (Author) , Heil, Jörg (Author) , Hörner-Rieber, Juliane (Author) , Huober, Jens (Author) , Janni, Wolfgang (Author) , Kreipe, Hans-Heinrich (Author) , Krug, David (Author) , Kühn, Thorsten (Author) , Kümmel, Sherko (Author) , Loibl, Sibylle (Author) , Lüftner, Diana (Author) , Lux, Michael Patrick (Author) , Maass, Nicolai (Author) , Mundhenke, Christoph (Author) , Reinisch, Mattea (Author) , Reimer, Toralf (Author) , Rhiem, Kerstin (Author) , Rody, Achim (Author) , Schmidt, Marcus (Author) , Schneeweiss, Andreas (Author) , Schütz, Florian (Author) , Sinn, Peter (Author) , Solbach, Christine (Author) , Solomayer, Erich-Franz (Author) , Stickeler, Elmar (Author) , Untch, Michael (Author) , Mackelenbergh, Marion Tina van (Author) , Witzel, Isabell (Author) , Wöckel, Achim (Author) , Würstlein, Rachel (Author) , Ditsch, Nina (Author) , Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won (Author)
Format:	Article (Journal)
Language:	English
Published:	March 20 2026
In:	Breast care
ISSN:	1661-3805
DOI:	10.1159/000551511
Online Access:	Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1159/000551511
Author Notes:	Marc Thill, Volkmar Müller, Tanja Fehm, Ute-Susann Albert, Maggie Banys-Paluchowski, Rupert Bartsch, Ingo Bauerfeind, Vesna Bjelic-Radisic, Jens Blohmer, Peter Dall, Eva Maria Fallenberg, Peter A. Fasching, Michael Friedrich, Oleg Gluz, Nadia Harbeck, Andreas Hartkopf, Jörg Heil, Juliane Hörner-Rieber, Jens Huober, Wolfgang Janni, Hans-Heinrich Kreipe, David Krug, Thorsten Kühn, Sherko Kümmel, Sibylle Loibl, Diana Lüftner, Michael Patrick Lux, Nicolai Maass, Christoph Mundhenke, Mattea Reinisch, Toralf Reimer, Kerstin Rhiem, Achim Rody, Marcus Schmidt, Andreas Schneeweiss, Florian Schütz, Hans-Peter Sinn, Christine Solbach, Erich-Franz Solomayer, Elmar Stickeler, Michael Untch, Marion van Mackelenbergh, Isabell Witzel, Achim Wöckel, Rachel Würstlein, Nina Ditsch, Tjoung-Won Park-Simon