Breast Centres Network

Eusoma develops scientific projects which will result in publications.

With the contribution of certified Breast Centres, EUSOMA has published the following papers:

Impact of whole breast irradiation, endocrine therapy or their combination on outcomes of early-stage, luminal A-like, low-risk, breast cancer patients aged 65 years or over: Insights from the EUSOMA database
European Journal of Cancer 236 (2026) 116259 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2026.116259

Clinico-pathological features predicting indication to mastectomy in breast cancer patients achieving complete response after neoadjuvant therapy: A retrospective analysis of the EUSOMA database.
Eur J Surg Oncol. 2025 Jun;51(6):109643. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2025.109643. Epub 2025 Jan 25.PMID: 40009908

Treatment and outcomes in breast cancer patients: A cross section study from the EUSOMA breast centre network
European Journal of Cancer 2024 Nov 14:196:113438. https:doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2023.113438. Online ahead of print. Volume 196, 113438, January 2024

Trends and variation in treatment of early breast cancer in European certified breast centres: an EUSOMA-based analysis
Eur J Cancer. 2023 Oct:192:113244. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2023.113244. Epub 2023 Jul 18.

The impact of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic on the quality of breast cancer care in EUSOMA-certified breast centres
European Journal of Cancer 177 (2022) 72e79 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2022.09.027

Trends in axillary lymph node dissection for early-stage breast cancer in Europe: Impact of evidence on practice
The Breast,June 2019 Volume 45, Pages 89–96

Data managers: A survey of the European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists in certified multi-disciplinary breast centers. Breast J. 2018;1–5.

Time trends (2006-2015) of quality indicators in EUSOMA-certified breast centres. Eur J Cancer. 2017 Nov; 85:15-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2017.07.040. Epub 2017 Sep 4.

The effect of EUSOMA certification on quality of breast cancer care. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2015 Oct; 41(10):1423-9

Variations in compliance to quality indicators by age for 41,871 breast cancer patients across Europe: A European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists database analysis.
Eur J Cancer 2015;51:1221-30

Fluctuating Mastectomy Rates Across Time and Geography. Annals of Surgical Oncology 2013, Vol. 20 n°7, 2114-2116

Mastectomy trends for early - stage breast cancer: a report from the Eusoma multi-institutional European database. European Journal of Cancer 2012, Vol. 48 n° 13, 1947-1956

Other publications are currently in preparation.