The activities of the Society are carried out within the following areas: Epidemiology and Prevention, Biology and Immunology, Detection, Diagnosis and Screening, Pathology and Cytology, loco-regional and systemic Treatment, Rehabilitation and Counselling.

Eusoma organised together with Europa Donna and EORTC the First European Breast Cancer Conference (1-EBCC) held in Florence in September 1998. The Conference has produced a consensus document, the Florence Statement which set the goals to be achieved by the three organisers to obtain the very much needed changes in the field of breast treatment, research, prevention and advocacy. The progress of this common project have been assessed during the Second European Breast Cancer Conference (2-EBCC) held in Brussels in September 2000.

In this respect the Eusoma target derived from the Florence statement brought to elaborate guidelines on:

The requirements of a specialist Breast Unit Quality Assurance in the Diagnosis of Breast Disease Quality Assurance in Breast Cancer Local Treatment Prophylactic Mastectomy: indication, technical and psychological aspects

These documents will be published in the European Journal of Cancer, the Society Official Journal.

Following the Brussels statement Eusoma will be committed to elaborate further guidelines, drawn up by international experts.

For year 2001 Eusoma will organise workshops on:

Endocrine therapy in Breast Cancer The future role of radiotherapy in the Treatment of Breast Disease Management of high risk women Training of specialised health professionals dealing with Breast Disease Consensus meeting on prognostic and predictive factors