Patient Guides: ESMO Patient Guides Compilation (France)

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 Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic; Immunotherapy Side Effects and Their Management; Personalized Medicine; Survival; Colorectal Cancer; Endometrial Cancer; Stomach Cancer; Gliomas; AML; CML; Follicular Lymphoma; Bone Sarcomas; Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC); Head and Neck Cancer; Soft Tissue Sarcomas.

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 [1].