ESMO Guidelines Committee: Major Achievements

2022

• 13 Clinical Practice Guidelines and 2 eUpdates and published in Annals of Oncology and in ESMO Open
• 1 Living Guideline on Metastatic Breast Cancer published on the ESMO website
• 1 Pan-Asian adapted ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline for prostate cancer published in ESMO Open
• ESMO-EHA COVID-19 consensus recommendations on managing haematological cancer patients published in ESMO Open
• 8 new Pocket Guidelines published and mobile apps updated

2021

• 15 Clinical Practice Guidelines updated and published in Annals of Oncology and in ESMO Open
• 4 Clinical Practice Guideline eUpdates published on esmo.org
• 3 Pan-Asian adapted ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for localised colon cancer, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck and renal cell carcinoma published in Annals of Oncology and ESMO Open
• ESMO COVID-19 recommendations updated on esmo.org
• 8 new Pocket Guidelines published and mobile apps updated

2020

• 22 ESMO COVID-19 recommendations and 22 COVID-19 Recommendations Slide Sets published on esmo.org and 1 COVID-19 consensus recommendations manuscript published in Annals of Oncology
• 17 Clinical Practice Guidelines updated and published in Annals of Oncology and 2 published in ESMO Open
• 9 Clinical Practice Guideline eUpdates published on esmo.org
• 3 Clinical Practice Guidelines Slide Sets on early breast cancer, thyroid cancer and advanced breast cancer (ABC5) published on esmo.org
• 3 Pan-Asian adapted ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for hepatocellular carcinoma, locally-advanced unresectable NSCLC and early breast cancer published in Annals of Oncology
• 5 Consensus recommendations on the management of cardiac disease, locoregional melanoma, metastatic melanoma and breast cancer in young women (BCY4) published in Annals of Oncology
• 9 new Pocket Guidelines published and mobile apps updated

2019

• 5 Clinical Practice Guidelines updated and published in Annals of Oncology
• 11 Clinical Practice Guideline eUpdates published on esmo.org
• 1 Clinical Practice Guidelines Slide Sets on Advanced Breast Cancer (ABC4) published on esmo.org
• Pan-Asian adapted ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer published in Annals of Oncology
• Consensus recommendations on Ovarian Cancer and on Advanced and variant bladder cancer published in Annals of Oncology, 1 online survey on implementation of the Endometrial cancer consensus recommendations
• ESMO Guidelines Survey conducted to receive feedback and guide future strategy
• 7 new Pocket Guidelines published and mobile apps updated
• Guidelines Interactive Sessions held during the ESMO 2019 Congress in Barcelona and the ESMO Asia 2019 Congress in Singapore

2018

• 14 Clinical Practice Guidelines updated and published in an Annals of Oncology supplement
• 1 Clinical Practice Guideline eUpdate featuring a new ESMO-MCBS score published on esmo.org
• 3 Clinical Practice Guidelines Slide Sets on Rectal cancer, Management of Toxicities from Immunotherapy and Early and Locally Advanced NSCLC published on esmo.org
• Pan-Asian ESMO adapted guidelines for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, metastatic oesophageal cancer and metastatic gastric cancer published in Annals of Oncology
• Consensus recommendations on Malignant Lymphoma, Advanced Breast Cancer (ABC4) and Testicular Cancer published in Annals of Oncology
• Pocket Guidelines on Breast, Lung & Chest Tumours, Lymphomas, Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers, Urogenital Cancer, Supportive Care, Leukaemia & Myeloma, Gynaecological Malignancies and Sarcoma & GIST published and mobile app library updated accordingly
• Guidelines Interactive Sessions held during the ESMO 2018 Congress in Munich and the ESMO Asia 2018 Congress in Singapore

2017

• 9 Clinical Practice Guidelines updated and published in an Annals of Oncology supplement
• 11 Clinical Practice Guidelines eUpdates published online on esmo.org, including 9 published in an Annals of Oncology supplement
• Consensus guidelines on Malignant Lymphomas and Pan-Asian ESMO Consensus Guidelines on Metastatic Colorectal Cancer published in Annals of Oncology
• Pocket Guidelines on Lung & Chest Tumours, Breast Cancer, Urogenital Cancer, Lower Gastrointestinal Cancers, Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers, Lymphomas and Supportive care published and mobile app library updated
• Interactive Guidelines App contains the 2017 pocket guidelines on Lung & Chest Tumours, Upper GI Cancers, Lower GI Cancers, Urogenital Cancer, Lymphomas and Supportive Care
• Guidelines Interactive Sessions held during the ESMO 2017 Congress in Madrid and the ESMO Asia 2017 Congress in Singapore

2016

• 11 Clinical Practice Guidelines updated and published in an Annals of Oncology supplement
• 8 Clinical Practice Guidelines eUpdates published online and in an Annals of Oncology supplement
• Consensus manuscripts on Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, Malignant Lymphomas and Breast Cancer published in Annals of Oncology
• Pocket Guidelines on Lung & Chest Tumours, Breast Cancer, Urogenital Cancer, Lower Gastrointestinal Cancers, Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers, Gynaecological Malignancies, Lymphomas, Leukaemia & Myeloma and Supportive care published and mobile app library updated
• Interactive Guidelines App updated with chapters included on Lung & Chest Tumours, Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers, Lower Gastrointestinal Cancers, Urogenital Cancer, Lymphomas and Supportive Care
• Guidelines Interactive Sessions held during the ESMO 2016 Congress in Copenhagen and the ESMO Asia 2016 Congress in Singapore

2015

• 15 Clinical Practice Guidelines updated and published in an Annals of Oncology supplement
• Consensus manuscripts on Lung Cancer and Endometrial Cancer published in Annals of Oncology
• Pocket Guidelines on Lung & Chest Tumours, Breast Cancer, Urogenital Cancer, Lower Gastrointestinal Cancers, Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers, Gynaecological Malignancies, Lymphomas and Melanoma published and mobile app library updated
• New Interactive Guidelines App launched. Chapters included for Lung & Chest Tumours, Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers, Lower Gastrointestinal Cancers and Urogenital Cancers
• Guidelines Interactive Session held during the ECC Congress in Vienna
• Three Guidelines Interactive Sessions held during the inaugural ESMO Asia congress in Singapore

2014

• Guidelines Working Group becomes Guidelines Committee
• 16 Clinical Practice Guidelines updated and published in an Annals of Oncology supplement
• Consensus manuscripts on Lung Cancer, Sarcomas and GIST and Breast Cancer published in Annals of Oncology
• Pocket Guidelines on Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Urogenital Cancer, Lower Gastrointestinal Cancers, Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers, Sarcoma and GIST, Supportive Care, Lymphomas and Bone Health published and mobile app library updated
• Two Guidelines Interactive Sessions held during the ESMO Congress in Madrid

2013

• 20 Clinical Practice Guidelines updated and published in an Annals of Oncology supplement
• Consensus manuscripts on Prostate Cancer and Haematological Malignancies published in Annals of Oncology
• Pocket Guidelines on Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Urogenital Cancer, Lower Gastrointestinal Cancers, Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers, Gynaecological Malignancies and Head and Neck Cancer published and mobile app library updated
• Guidelines Interactive Session held during the ESMO Congress

2012

• 21 Clinical Practice Guidelines updated and published in an Annals of Oncology supplement
• Consensus manuscripts on Colorectal Cancer and Lymphoma published in Annals of Oncology
• Pocket Guidelines on Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Urogenital Cancer, Sarcoma, NETs & GIST and Supportive Care published and mobile app library launched
• Two successful Guidelines Interactive Sessions held during the ESMO Congress

2011

• 13 Clinical Practice Guidelines updated and published in an Annals of Oncology supplement
• 2010 Lung Cancer Consensus manuscripts published in Annals of Oncology
• First ESMO Pocket Guidelines on Lung Cancer & Mesothelioma published
• Guidelines Interactive Session held during the ESMO Congress

2010

• 56 Clinical Practice Guidelines published in Annals of Oncology supplement

2009

• Fifth special clinical recommendation at the ECCO-ESMO multi-disciplinary Congress in Berlin
• 54 Clinical Recommendations published in Annals of Oncology supplement

2008

• Fourth special Guidelines Session at the ESMO Congress in Stockholm
• 47 Clinical Recommendations published in Annals of Oncology supplement

2007

• Clinical Recommendations on STS and GIST updated via Consensus meeting
• 39 Clinical Recommendations published in Annals of Oncology supplement

2006

• Third special Guidelines Session at the ESMO Congress in Istanbul

2005

• 34 Clinical Recommendations published in Annals of Oncology supplement

2004

• Second special Guidelines Session at the ESMO Congress in Vienna

2002

• First special Guidelines session at the ESMO Congress

1999

• Guidelines Working Group established

Latest update: January 2019