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Clinical Practices Guidelines
Compilation: College of Health Professionals Guidelines
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Health Professional College and Ministry of Health.
Primary purpose: To guide healthcare professionals and other users in specific healthcare settings with evidence-based recommendations, aiming to improve the quality of care by considering scientific studies, clinical experience, patient perspectives, and the Hungarian healthcare system's peculiarities.
Type of information: Recommendations care, treatments, diagnoses, rehabilitation of many types of cancers.
Access to information: List of guidelines, search for oncology specialization [1]. For more information related to quality of life [2].
Latest Policymaking Initiatives
Report: EU Country Cancer Profile 2023
Sponsor, manager or home institution: OECD and European Commission.
Primary purpose: To provide reliable data on cancer prevention and care, identifying trends, disparities, and inequalities among EU Member States and regions to guide interventions under Europe's Beating Cancer Plan.
Type of information: National cancer burden; Cancer incidence and mortality; Risk factors for cancer; Early detection programs (screenings); Cancer care performance, The impact of COVID-19 on cancer care.
Data level: National level.
Access to information: Access Information [3].
Compilation: ESMO Patient Guides
Sponsor, manager or home institution: European Society for Medical Oncology
Primary purpose: To translate complex medical language into understandable information for patients.
Available guides: Cancer survivorship; Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Liver Cancer).
Type of information: Information on each guide varies for each cancer type. Generally, guides provide definitions, explanations of causes, diagnosis, treatment, treatment options, care after treatment, among others.
Access to information: List of guides [4].
Quality of Life and Palliative Care Research
List of Articles: Quality of Life [5] and Palliative Care [6].
