Abstract Guidelines

Language: English
Title: max. 200 characters
Length: max. 2500 characters incl. max. 3 tables
Structure: Goals, Methods, Results, Conclusions

Abstract Topics

• Adjuvant systemic therapy
• Targeted therapy
• Biology/Pathology/Basic Research
• Biomarkers
• Diagnostics/Imaging/Artificial Intelligence
• Epidemiology/Prevention/Diagnosis
• Locally advanced disease
• Radiotherapy/IORT
• Neoadjuvant (pre-operative) therapy
• Health politics/Guidelines
• Predictive and prognostic factors
• Surgery/Sentinels/DCIS
• Survivorship issues
• Other

Publication

All submitted scientific contributions will be published in “The Breast” by Elsevier after the conference.

Abstract Notifications and Registration

The abstract notifications are sent out on Wednesday, 22 January 2025. Thereafter, abstract presenters have until Saturday, 1 February 2025 to register. At this time, they will still be able to register with the early bird fee that officially expires on 15 December 2025. Abstracts for which the presenting author has not registered until Saturday, 1 February 2025 are considered withdrawn. If the presenting author is not able to attend the conference it is her/his responsibility to inform the conference secretariat accordingly about a substitute presenter until 1 February 2025.

Welcome to the 19th St.Gallen International Breast Cancer Conference (SGBCC 2025)
March 12-15 2025 at the AUSTRIA Center in Vienna | Austria!

We are delighted about your interest in the St.Gallen International Breast Cancer Conference! This scientific event was founded nearly four decades ago and has seen many phases of research and clinical development. It was started as a small meeting in the early Eighties in the Swiss Alps – with Prof. Hansjörg Senn as its founder. It is still dedicated to individuals concerned with early breast cancer today and we are happy to have witnessed decades of discovery with and for them. Because of its success and continuous growth the conference had to be moved from St.Gallen to Vienna in 2015 for logistical reasons – where we will meet once more in 2025 at the “St.Gallen-Vienna Conference”!

Vienna is a popular conference destination among delegates and the location of SGBCC, the Austria Center Vienna, is just a short tube ride away from the city center. With excellent travel connections from around the world and a long and rich cultrual history, we believe Vienna is the ideal destination to bring people together for our conference.

The Foundation SONK is behind the organization of SGBCC. The Foundation’s mission is the dissemination of research based knowledge of breast cancer. Four organizing co-chairs, together with an international scientific program committee, create an innovative program, presenting cutting-edge research, with the aim to support its implementation into clinical practice in many places of the world. International speakers from major breast cancer research groups and centers share their recent research. The conference closes with the St.Gallen International Breast Cancer Consensus Session, including around 80 panelist from all over the world. The written St.Gallen Breast Cancer Consensus Guidelines are updated after each conference and published in an international oncology journal. Best of St.Gallen Meetings also take place in different continents and an scientific exchange can take place between international breast cancer scientists and health care professionals in different countries.

We sincerely hope that you’ll join us in Vienna in March 2025 and become a part of the St.Gallen International Breast Cancer Conference community!

In the name of the conference co-chairs
Prof. Sibylle Loibl, Neu Isenburg/Frankfurt | Prof. Michael Gnant, Vienna | Prof. Beat Thürlimann, St.Gallen | Prof. Walter Weber, Basel
Dr. Agnes Glaus, CEO Foundation SONK and the conference secretariat Mondial

Registration for SGBCC 2025

Registration for the 19th St.Gallen International Breast Cancer Conference (SGBCC 2025) will open in June 2024.
Registrations have to be submitted online and there will be a dedicated portal for group registrations (10 participants or more).

The applicable registration fees can be found below:

Registration Type	Early Registration (until 15 December 2024)	Regular Registration (until 28 February 2025)	Late Registration (from 1 March 2025)
Regular Participants	EUR 795,-	EUR 995,-	EUR 1.265,-
Trainee*	EUR 485,-	EUR 575,-	EUR 595,-
Allied Health Care Professionals* Undergraduate students* Patient Advocates	EUR 240,-	EUR 330,-	EUR 345,-
Emerging Economies fee*	EUR 115,-	EUR 115,-	EUR 115,-

*Discounted fees – conditions:
Trainee / Allied Health Care Professionals / Undergraduate students: In order to verify your status, a written confirmation from your hospital/institution (in English) is required and has to be uploaded during the online registration process.
Emerging Economies fee: Applies to individuals from low and lower-middle-income economies according to the World Bank listing.

The registration fee includes:

• conference documentation
• free public transport ticket for the “Wiener Linien” valid from March 12 to 15, 2025
• participation in the conference programme – scientific sessions and sponsored industry symposia
• attendance at the opening ceremony & welcome apéro on 12 March 2025
• admission to the industrial exhibition
• coffee breaks
• certificate of attendance upon submission of an online feedback questionnaire after the conference
• free virtual access to live stream and on-demand videos of selected scientific sessions (on-demand recordings will be accessible exclusively for a limited time after the congress)