ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines: Supportive care

The ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) are intended to provide the user with a set of recommendations for the best standards of cancer care, based on the findings of evidence-based medicine.

Latest enhanced and revised set of guidelines

Supportive care is an area of high importance in oncology and ESMO published Clinical Practice Guidelines on the management of a variety of issues: Prevention of chemotherapy and radiotherapy-induced nausea; Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in the treatment of anaemia in cancer patients; Management of cancer pain; Management of oral and gastrointestinal mucositis; Cancer, fertility and pregnancy; Management of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in cancer patients; Cardiovascular toxicity induced by chemotherapy, targeted agents and radiotherapy; Management of chemotherapy extravasation.

Guideline update for MASCC & ESMO in the prevention of chemotherapy and radiotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting

Published in 2010
Authors: F. Roila, J. Herrstedt, M. Aapro, R. J. Gralla, L.H. Einhorn, E. Ballatori, E. Bria, R.A. Clark-Snow, B. T. Espersen, P. Feyer, S.M. Grunberg, P.J. Hesketh, K. Jordan, M.G. Kris, E. Maranzano, A. Molassiotis, G. Morrow, I. Olver, B.L. Rapoport, C. Rittenberg, M. Saito, M. Tonato, D. Warr
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Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in the treatment of anaemia in cancer patients

Published in 2010
Authors: D. Schrijvers, H. De Samblanx, F. Roila
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Hematopoietic growth factors

Published in 2010
Authors: J. Crawford, C. Caserta, F. Roila
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Management of febrile neutropenia

Published in 2010
Authors: J. de Naurois, I. Novitzky-Basso, M. J. Gill, F. Marti Marti, M. H. Cullen, F. Roila
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Management of cancer pain

Published in 2012
Authors: C. I. Ripamonti, D. Santini, E. Maranzano, M. Berti, F. Roila
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Management of oral and gastrointestinal mucositis

Published in 2011
Authors: D. E. Peterson, R.-J. Bensadoun and F. Roila
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Cancer, fertility and pregnancy

Published in 2010
Authors: G. Pentheroudakis, R. Orecchia, H. J. Hoekstra, N. Pavlidis
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Management of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in cancer patients

Published in 2011
Authors: M. Mandalà, A. Falanga and F. Roila
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Cardiovascular toxicity induced by chemotherapy, targeted agents and radiotherapy

Published in 2012
Authors: G. Curigliano, D. Cardinale, T. Suter, G. Plataniotis, E. de Azambuja, M. T. Sandri, C. Criscitiello, A. Goldhirsch, C. Cipolla, F. Roila
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Management of chemotherapy extravasation

Published in 2012
Authors: J. A. Pérez Fidalgo, L. García Fabregat, A. Cervantes, A. Margulies, C. Vidall, F. Roila
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