Patient Guides: ESMO Patient Guides Compilation (Malta)
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Primary purpose: To translate complex medical language into understandable information for patients.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: European Society for Medical Oncology.
Type of information: Information on each guide varies for each cancer type. Generally, guides provide definitions, explanations of causes, diagnosis, treatment, treatment options, and care after treatment, among others. Click here to learn more.
Cancer areas of interest: C00-C97: All cancer types. Bone Health in Cancer; Cancer Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic; Cancer Pain Management; Immunotherapy Side Effects; Personalized Cancer Medicine; Survivorship; AML; Biliary Tract Cancer; Bladder Cancer; Bone Sarcoma; Breast Cancer; Cervical Cancer; CML; Colorectal Cancer; Endometrial Cancer; Follicular Lymphoma; Glioma; Head and Neck Cancer; Hepatocellular Carcinoma; Multiple Myeloma; Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer; Oesophageal Cancer; Ovarian Cancer; Pancreatic Cancer; Prostate Cancer; Soft Tissue Sarcoma; Stomach Cancer; Testicular Cancer.
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
