Breast cancer (locally advanced or metastatic) - ixabepilone

Manufacturers / Sponsors

• Bristol-Myers Squibb (ixabepilone)

Patient / Carer Groups

• Afiya Trust
• Age Concern England
• Black Health Agency
• Breakthrough Breast Cancer
• Breast Cancer Campaign
• Breast Cancer Care
• Breast Cancer UK
• Breast Cancer Haven
• British Ethnic Health Awareness Foundation (BEHAF)
• CANCERactive
• Cancerbackup
• Cancer Black Care
• Cancer Equality
• Cancer Voices
• Chinese National Healthy Living Centre
• Confederation of Indian Organisations
• Counsel and Care
• Equalities National Council
• Helen Rollason Heal Cancer Charity
• Help the Aged
• IBC UK
• Macmillan Cancer Support
• Maggie's Centres
• Marie Curie Cancer Care
• Muslim Council of Great Britain
• Muslim Health Network
• National Cancer Alliance
• National Council for Palliative Care
• South Asian Health Foundation
• Specialised Healthcare Alliance
• Sue Ryder Care
• Tenovus Cancer Information Centre
• Women's Health Concern

Professional groups

• Association of Cancer Physicians
• Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
• British Association for Services to the Elderly
• British Association of Surgical Oncology
• British Geriatrics Society
• British Oncological Association
• British Psychosocial Oncology Society (BPOS)
• Cancer Networks Pharmacists Forum
• Cancer Research UK
• Royal College of Anaesthetists
• Royal College of General Practitioners
• Royal College of Nursing
• Royal College of Pathologists
• Royal College of Physicians' Medical Oncology Joint Special Committee
• Royal College of Radiologists
• Royal College of Surgeons
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Royal Society of Medicine - Forum on Intellectual Disabilities
• United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association
• United KingdomOncology Nursing Society

Others

• Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT
• Department of Health
• Telfordand Wrekin PCT
• Welsh Assembly Government

General

• Age Concern Cymru
• Board of Community Health Councils in Wales
• British National Formulary
• Cancer Care Cymru
• Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for Northern Ireland
• Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• National Association of Primary Care
• National Public Health Service for Wales
• NHS Alliance
• NHS Confederation
• NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency
• NHS Quality Improvement Scotland
• Scottish Medicines Consortium

Comparator manufacturer(s)

• Eli Lilly & Co Ltd (gemcitabine)
• Mayne Pharma plc (paclitaxel, vinorelbine)
• Medac (UK) (vinorelbine)
• Pierre Fabre (vinorelbine)
• Roche Products Ltd (capecitabine)
• Sanofi-Aventis Ltd (docetaxel)
• Teva UK (paclitaxel)
• Wockhardt UK Ltd (paclitaxel, vinorelbine)

Relevant research groups

• Against Breast Cancer Research Group
• Breast Cancer Hope
• Breast Cancer Research Trust
• Cochrane Collaboration – Cochrane Breast Cancer Group
• Institute of Cancer Research
• MRC Clinical Trials Unit
• National Cancer Research Institute
• National Cancer Research Network
• Policy Research Institute on Ageing and Ethnicity
• Research Institute for the Care of the Elderly

Evidence Review Group

• Evidence Review Group tbc
• National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment

Associated Guideline Groups

• National Collaborating Centre for Cancer

Associated Public Health Groups

• None