Patient Guides: ESMO Patient Guides Compilation (Sweden)
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Primary purpose: To translate complex medical language about cancer into understandable information for patients.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: European Society for Medical Oncology.
Type of information: Guidelines for each step in the cancer journey including information on cancer incidence and epidemiology; diagnosis, pathology and molecular biology; staging and risk assessment; management of advanced and metastatic disease; personalised medicine; long-term implications and survivorship; palliative care; among other information specific to each cancer type. All guidelines have references and methodology sections. 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.
- Forpatients
- Mouth
- Throat
- Oropharynx
- Nasopharynx
- Hypopharynx
- Larynx
- Salivary glands
- Lips
- Tonsils
- Base of the 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
- 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
- Thymus gland
- Peritoneum
- Pericardium
- Retroperitoneum
- Mesothelium
- Blood
- Bone marrow
- Lymph nodes
- Spleen
- Leukemia
