Bridging the Gap: Empowering Shared Decision-Making in Breast Cancer Care – Advisory Board Meeting Report (ESMO 2024)
This Event Report documents the CPE Genomics Network Meeting held on 14 September 2024 during ESMO in Barcelona, bringing together patient associations, oncologists, and nursing representatives to examine shared decision-making (SDM) in breast cancer care. A pre-meeting survey revealed that while 90% of participants consider SDM beneficial, healthcare professionals only encourage it occasionally due to time constraints, training gaps, and low patient health literacy. The report captures discussion highlights, identifies minimum requirements for effective SDM, and concludes with four recommended tools — checklists, information packages, AI-supported decision aids, and centre certification — with certification emerging as the group’s priority action.