Resource: ESMO Patient Guides (Croatia)

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Primary purpose: Provide patients, their relatives and caregivers guides to better understand complex medical information about different types of cancer.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO).

Type of information: Laymen-directed descriptions of specific cancers, their causes, diagnosis, treatment, screening, and side effects, among other relevant information for patients, their relatives and caregivers. Click here to learn more.

Cancer areas of interest: C00-C97: All cancer types. Cancer Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic; Side Effects Associated with Immunotherapy and Their Management; Personalized Medicine in Oncology; Life with Cancer; Breast Cancer; Ovarian Cancer; Cervical Cancer. Click here to learn more.

Access to information: Click here to access.

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