Resource: ESMO Patient Guides (Greece)

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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; Cancer Pain Management; Immunotherapy Side Effects; Survivorship; Breast Cancer; Ovarian Cancer; Cervical Cancer; Biliary Tract Cancer; Bone Sarcoma; Colorectal Cancer; Endometrial Cancer; Glioma; Head and Neck Cancer; Hepatocellular Carcinoma; Multiple Myeloma; Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer; Testicular Cancer; Pancreatic Cancer; Soft Tissue Sarcoma.

Access to information: Click here to access.

Mouth Throat Oropharynx Nasopharynx Hypopharynx Larynx Salivary glands Lips Tonsils base of tongue Voice box Esophagus Stomach Small intestine Large intestine Colon Rectum Anus Liver Gallbladder Bile ducts Pancreas Lung Trachea Bronchi Pleura Mediastinum Bone Cartilage Osteosarcoma Ewings sarcoma Skin Melanoma Scalp Lips Hands Feet Muscle Fat Tendon Ligament Blood vessels Connective tissue Sarcoma Angiosarcoma Liposarcoma Lobular Breast Nipple Areola Ductal Vulva Vagina Cervix Uterus Ovary Fallopian tubes Endometrium Prostate Testicles Penis Kidney Ureter Bladder Urethra Eye Brain Spinal cord Thyroid gland Parathyroid Adrenal glands Pituitary gland Pancreas Thymus gland Peritoneum Pericardium Retroperitoneum Mesothelium Blood Bone marrow Lymph nodes Spleen Leukemia dataOwner::European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) availableVariable::diagnosis availableVariable::medical procedures|treatment availableVariable::screening hasCancerType::C00-C97: All cancer types isPatientResource 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