Guidelines: Clinical Guidelines (Belgium)

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Primary purpose: To assist national care providers in cancer patient care by adapting international best practices to the Belgian context.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Belgian Board of Oncology.

Type of information: Provides detailed information on clinical practice guidelines for various cancer types, including topics like screening, diagnosis, treatment, supportive therapy, follow-up, and the role of general practitioners, specifically adapted to the Belgian context. diagnosis, medical procedures, palliative care, tumour histology, tumour staging, cancer incidence, age, sex, region. Click here to learn more.

Cancer areas of interest: C00-C97: All cancer types. Click here to learn more.

Access to information: Click here to access. dataOwner::Belgian Board of Oncology availableVariable::diagnosis availableVariable::medical procedures availableVariable::palliative care availableVariable::tumour histology availableVariable::tumour staging availableVariable::cancer incidence availableVariable::age availableVariable::sex availableVariable::region hasCancerType::C00-C97: All cancer types isPracticeGuideline hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms hasCancerType::C00-C14: Mouth/throat cancers hasCancerType::C15-C26: Digestive system cancers hasCancerType::C30-C39: Lung/chest cancers hasCancerType::C40-C41: Bone cancers hasCancerType::C43-C44: Skin cancers/melanoma hasCancerType::C45-C49: Soft tissue cancer hasCancerType::C50: Breast cancer hasCancerType::C51-C58: Female genitalia cancers hasCancerType::C60-C63: Male genitalia cancer hasCancerType::C64-C68: Urinary system cancers hasCancerType::C69-C72: Eye and brain cancer hasCancerType::C73-C75: Thyroid and other gland cancers hasCancerType::C76-C80: Cancers of unknown or unspecified areas hasCancerType::C81-C96: Cancers of the blood and immune system hasCancerType::C97-C97: Cancers in multiple locations from the start