Medical Oncology Status in Europe Survey

The ESMO Medical Oncology Status in Europe Survey (MOSES) is designed to evaluate the status of medical oncology in Europe with special regard to:

• Recognition of medical oncology as an independent specialty
• Undergraduate and post-graduate education and training
• Specialization and sub-specializations of oncology
• Certification and continuing medical education
• Patterns of care and multidisciplinary collaboration
• National societies and guidelines on cancer
• Oncology healthcare
• Clinical research 

Goal

• Identifying and understanding the strengths, weaknesses, inequalities, and areas of necessary improvement in the field and practice of medical oncology, regarding professional education and training, healthcare facilities, and national programs
• Gaining a better understanding of the role ESMO can take in helping countries face the challenge of reducing disparities in the quality of care available to patients
• Establishing further evidence of the need to recognize medical oncology as an independent specialty at a European level
• Understanding of the role 'optimal' resources plays in improving the outcome of cancer diseases

Source

• The MOSES Task Force prepared the questionnaire
  
• ESMO National Representatives completed surveys later analyzed by professional, external statisticians

Publication and distribution

On paper

• A special publication distributed on the occasion of the 31st ESMO Congress in Istanbul, Turkey
• Possible future publication in Annals of Oncology

On the Internet 

• Freely available from the ESMO Web site - click here
• Corrigendum papers will be updated frequently based on the feedback received - click here
  

Events 

• MOSES Symposium at the 31st ESMO Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, 2006, Tuesday, 3 October 2006