Meani, Francesco
Kovacs, Tibor
Wandschneider, Wiebke
Costa, Alberto
Pagani, Olivia
Article History
Received: 3 July 2021
Accepted: 25 April 2022
First Online: 5 May 2022
Declarations
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: According to the regulations of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), it was confirmed by the Ethical Committee of Canton Ticino (Swissethics Req-2022-00386). that this work did not require ethical approval, since it does not fall under the Human Research Act (HRA).A web-based survey was used to anonymously collect data from physicians, not involving patients, biological material or health related data.All methods were carried out in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.Informed consent was obtained from all subjects participating in the survey.
: All the participants who answered the survey questionnaire gave their consent to the anonymous publication of the relevant data generated. No clinical data are included.
: The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest.Alberto Costa, MD, is Chief Executive Officer of the European School of Oncology.Prof. Olivia Pagani is the breast cancer program coordinator of the European School of Oncology and the scientific director of the Certificate of Competence in breast cancer.