ESMO Designated Centres Working Group: Major Achievements
2019
- ESMO Designated Centres (DC) pre-seminar workshop during the Palliative Care Research Centre (PRC) seminar in Krems, Austria, 23-25 October 2019
- 6th ESMO Designated Centres Community Session and Awards during ESMO 2019, Barcelona, Spain
2018
- The pre-planned secondary analysis of the survey conducted in 2016 to characterise the structure, processes and outcomes of the palliative care programmes at ESMO Designated Centers is now available online in ESMO Open.
- 5th ESMO Designated Centres Community Session and Awards during ESMO 2018, Munich, Germany
2017
- The 'critical mass' survey of palliative care programme at ESMO Designated Centres of Integrate Oncology and Palliative Care published in Annals of Oncology 1 September 2017
- ESMO E-Learning: Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care: an Update, authors Florian Strasser and Rita Canario
- 4th ESMO Designated Centres Community Session and Awards during ESMO 2017, Madrid, Spain
2016
- ESMO Designated Centres critical mass survey conducted in 2016 to study the characteristics and level of integration of the centres and accepted as an abstract and presented as a poster discussion during the ESMO 2016 Congress on 8 October 2016.
- 3rd ESMO Designated Centres Community Session and Awards during ESMO 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark
2015
- 2nd ESMO Designated Centres Session and Awards during ECC 2015, Vienna, Austria.
- ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline: Treatment of Dyspnoea in Advanced Cancer Patients.
- Results of the joint survey with MASCC/ESMO/EAPC Published in Supportive Care in Cancer “ How well is palliative care integrated into cancer care”.
2014
- ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Refractory Symptoms at the End of Life and the Use of Palliative Sedation.
- 67th World Health Assembly adopts the "Strengthening of palliative care as a component of integrated treatment throughout the life course" resolution. ESMO, UICC, NCD Alliance and other endorsing partners issue palliative care statement at WHA.
2013
- First international data on opioid availability published in Annals of Oncology. ESMO reports: Untreated cancer pain a ‘scandal of global proportions'. Find out more about this important initiative and all the advocacy tools available.
- Publication of the User's Manual for Oncology Clinicians. The guide presents 'clinician's notes' for each of the 16 chapters in the patients' guide – A Guide for Patients with Advanced Cancer: Getting the most out of your oncologist.
- 10th Anniversary of the ESMO Designated Centres Programme with 160 centres worldwide currently accredited.
2012
- ESMO supports World Cancer Day 2012 - Essential medicines for all!
2011
- Published A Guide for Patients with Advanced Cancer: Getting the most out of your oncologist
- The World Health Organization (WHO) revised edition of the Guidance for Availability and Accessibility of Controlled Medicines supports the work of the ESMO international collaborative project on the availability and barriers to access of opioids. Nathan Cherny, Chair of the ESMO Palliative Care Working Group, comments on the importance of the WHO Guide and its relevance for medical oncologists.
- International collaborative project on the availability and barriers to access of opioids to cancer patients in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Project expands on original ESMO/EAPC European survey published in Annals of Oncology in March 2010.
- Published in Psycho-Oncology "Factors influencing the attitudes and behaviors of oncologists regarding the truthful disclosure of information to patients with advanced and incurable cancer".
- Joint Survey with MASCC/ESMO/EAPC to understand the benefits of the integration of palliative care into oncology and how well palliative care is integrated into cancer care.
2010
- Two Palliative Care ESMO E-Learning modules "Difficult pain problems" and "Practical tips for the management of difficult pain problems"
- Published in the Annals of Oncology: Formulary availability and regulatory barriers to accessibility of opioids for cancer pain in Europe: a report from the ESMO/EAPC Opioid Policy Initiative
2009
- Published in the Annals of Oncology: European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Programme for the Integration of Oncology and Palliative Care: a 5-year review of the Designated Centres’ incentive programme
- Revision of the 13 criteria for the ESMO Designated Centres of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care programme
2007
- Survey on opioid drugs
- Oncologist/Patient communication survey. The survey was designed to evaluate the important issue of communication between oncologists and patients with advanced cancer. It evaluated the communication practices between physicians and patient and the attitudes impacting communication dynamics and the decision-making process within the setting of life-threatening illness. Factors that impact communication styles and attitudes towards communication were also identified, taking into account the variables of geography, age, sexual experience and education.
2006
- Launch of the ESMO Palliative Care Fellowship
- Joint publication in the Journal of Clinical Oncology and the Annals of Oncology: ASCO-ESMO consensus statement on quality cancer care
- ESMO Handbook of Advanced Cancer Care
2003
- Published in Cancer Attitudes of medical oncologists toward palliative care for patients with advanced and incurable cancer based on the ‘ESMO Survey of Medical Oncologist Attitudes to the Management of Patients with Advanced Cancer’.
- ESMO 'Designated Centre' in integrated oncology and palliative care programme launched
- Published in Annals of Oncology ESMO takes a stand on supportive and palliative care
- Workshop on palliative care
1999
- ESMO Palliative Care Working Group established
Last update: September 2017