Lisbon, Portugal: The ABC Global Alliance today launched the Advanced Breast Cancer (ABC) Global Decade Report 2015–2025 — a landmark global assessment revealing a decade of remarkable scientific progress that has transformed ABC care for some patients in some countries, while many others around the world have yet to benefit.
The results expose profound and persistent inequalities that leave many patients behind. The report’s central theme, ‘Knowledge in Motion’, emphasises the urgent need to translate a decade of evidence and innovation into life-changing action for every person living with ABC.
These compelling findings drove the creation of the ABC Global Charter 2025–2035 , which is also launched by the ABC Global Alliance today at the Advanced Breast Cancer Eighth International Consensus Conference (ABC8). The Charter sets out new ten-year roadmap to drive equitable progress and transform care for everyone with ABC, regardless of where they live, their cancer subtype, or their socioeconomic status. The report and global charter are published simultaneously today (Thursday) in The Breast . [1]
A decade of progress and persistent gaps
The report confirms that collective action over the past decade has yielded significant advances in ABC care, proving that progress is possible:
Nevertheless, the uneven distribution of progress has only widened the gap between what is possible and what remains the reality for the majority of patients.
Dr Fatima Cardoso, medical oncologist and President of the ABC Global Alliance, said: “This report shows what a decade of collective action can achieve, proving that progress isn’t theoretical – it transforms lives. Yet progress is not the same as equity. Our challenge and commitment is to close the gaps in ABC care within and between countries.”
The human cost of inequity: a call to action for the next decade
The report draws on two global surveys conducted in 2024, including responses from 1,254 people with ABC across 59 countries and 461 healthcare professionals across 78 countries, both revealing the profound burden of ABC:
Dr Cardoso said: "This landmark global report marks a pivotal moment. We've proved that progress is possible, and now we must evolve our expectations to meet patients' needs today. This new charter is grounded in evidence, driven by the urgent need to turn proven potential into standard practice for all patients, in all regions, in all circumstances. Our ambition is to ensure that every person living with ABC has the chance to live as well as possible, for as long as possible – not just those in wealthy nations or with specific subtypes."
Looking to the future: The ABC Global Charter 2025–2035
To address these urgent challenges, the new ABC Global Charter sets ten ambitious, measurable goals for the next decade, from ensuring high-quality data collection and registry standards, to improving the legal and workplace rights for patients and their informal caregivers.
ABC Global Charter 2025–2035: ten key goals
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