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We would like to thank Prof. Rainer Souchon and his colleagues for providing us with their valuable comments regarding our article '13th St. Gallen International Breast Cancer Conference 2013: Primary Therapy of Early Breast Cancer Evidence, Controversies, Consensus - Opinion of a German Team of Experts (Zurich 2013)'. First of all, let us summarize the composition of the German writing committee, which is comprised of 5 directors of large multidisciplinary breast cancer centers in Germany (M.U., B.G., N.H., C.J., V.M.), who also represent major German breast cancer study groups (AGO-B, WSG), 1 medical oncologist, and 2 representatives from the German Breast Group (G.v.M., S.L.).