ESMO Guidelines Methodology

The ESMO Guidelines Committee (GLC) is responsible for the production and update of ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines and related resources.

In order to produce high-quality and well-formulated guidelines it is necessary to have strict procedures in place which provide clear instruction and are readily available to authors, editors and panel members.

To assist those using and/or evaluating the ESMO guidelines the GLC decided to openly publish the ESMO guidelines methodology here on the ESMO website.

ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines

• Standard Operating Procedures
• Author Responsibility and Acknowledgement Agreement​

Updated October 2023

ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines eUpdates

• Standard Operating Procedures

Updated January 2022

ESMO Clinical Practice Living Guidelines

• Standard Operating Procedures
• Author Responsibility and Acknowledgement Agreement​

Updated March 2022