Oncology PRO European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
MENU SIGN IN
Become an ESMO member SIGN IN
European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
provided by ESMO
  • Oncology News
    • Videos from Conferences archive
    • Daily News
    • ESMO Videos
    • What's new on OncologyPRO?
    • OncologyPRO structure explained

    Daily News

    OncologyPRO, in partnership with medwireNews, brings you updates each day in the field of medical oncology.

    ESMO Videos

    Watch leading oncology experts sharing knowledge in ESMO educational videos or reporting on recent study results presentation.

    What's new on OncologyPRO?

    Haven't had much time lately? Here's what you may have missed in the last few months.
    Sign-up to receive the OncologyPRO alert every 2 weeks.

     

    OncologyPRO structure explained

    OncologyPRO has evolved in July 2017 to offer you direct access to our rich content either by tumour site or according to the objectives of your visit.

  • Guidelines
    • Clinical Practice Guidelines
    • Pocket Guidelines & Mobile App
    • ESMO Consensus Conferences

    Clinical Practice Guidelines

    New 2018 ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines now online!

    Pocket Guidelines & Mobile App

    Download the new version of our App with the latest Pocket Guidelines for professionals and Guides for Patients

    ESMO Consensus Conferences

    ESMO Consensus Conferences discuss key questions in certain disease areas and complement the ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Oncology in Practice
    • Practice Tools
    • Anti-Cancer Agents and Biologi...
    • Bioethics, legal and economic...
    • Cancer Aetiology, Epidemiology...
    • Cancer Immunology and Immunoth...
    • Cancer in Special situations (...
    • Imaging, Diagnosis and Staging
    • Palliative and Supportive care
    • Pathology and Molecular Biology
    • Personalised Medicine
    • Surgery and / or Radiotherapy
    • Translational Research: Biomar...
    • Resources for Patients

    Practice Tools

    ESMO has developed a set of organ-specific tools designed to assist oncologists in their daily practice.

    Anti-Cancer Agents and Biological Therapy

    Find the essential information, user-friendly publications and resources presenting recent developments on these treatments

    Bioethics, legal and economic issues

    Access ESMO scientific and educational resources on this topic

    Cancer Aetiology, Epidemiology and Prevention

    Find ESMO publications, meeting resources, experts' interviews and more on this subject.
    "Oncologists have the potential to be a large & important group of activists for cancer prevention measures" D.J. Kerr, MD

    Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy

    Get information on recent advances in cancer immunology & immunotherapy and keep up with treatment opportunities for your patients

    Cancer in Special situations (pregnancy, young, elderly, hereditary...)

    All ESMO scientific and educational resources on

    • Cancer in Adolescents / Young Adults
    • Cancer in Pregnancy
    • Geriatric Oncology
    • Familial Cancer
    • ...

    Imaging, Diagnosis and Staging

    Access ESMO scientific and educational resources on this topic

     

    Palliative and Supportive care

    All ESMO scientific and educational resources on

    • Supportive Care
    • Palliative Care
    • Complications of Treatment
    • Psychosocial aspect of Cancer

    Pathology and Molecular Biology

    Access ESMO scientific and educational resources on this topic

    Personalised Medicine

    Access ESMO scientific and educational resources on this topic

    Surgery and / or Radiotherapy

    Access ESMO scientific and educational resources on this topic

    Translational Research: Biomarkers & Diagnostics

    Access ESMO scientific and educational resources on this topic

    Resources for Patients

    Useful information and updates created by ESMO for cancer patients

  • Education Library
    • Discover ESMO journals
    • Essentials for Clinicians
    • Handbooks
    • ESMO E-Learning and V-Learning
    • Factsheets on Anti-Cancer Agents
    • Factsheets on Biomarkers
    • Clinical Trial Resources
    • Educational Slides
    • Glossary of Molecular Biology
    • Glossary of Precision Medicine
    • Cancer in Medical Journals
    • User’s Manual for Oncology Cli...
    • Abbreviations
    • Links to Cancer Journals
    • Global Curriculum in Medical O...

    Discover ESMO journals

    ESMO has two distinctly unique oncology journals: Annals of Oncology and ESMO Open.

    ESMO Members: ESMO's flagship journal, Annals of Oncology, is freely available to you. Please login to gain access!

    Essentials for Clinicians

    A simplified yet comprehensive overview on oncological malignancies, their biology, diagnosis, staging, treatment and follow-up, which are necessary for basic patient treatment

    Handbooks

    ESMO members: the recent ESMO Handbooks are available for browsing online to allow you to easily access the sections most relevant to you.

    ESMO E-Learning and V-Learning

    Watch E-Learning and V-Learning webcasts produced by leading oncology experts and take the CME test.
    Our open library offers over 70 modules!

    Factsheets on Anti-Cancer Agents

    Find here all the information related to anti-cancer agents as described in the ESMO Handbook on Clinical Pharmacology of Anti-Cancer Agents.

    Factsheets on Biomarkers

    ESMO has developped factsheets of validated biomarkers designed to assist you in your daily practice. They give statements on prognostic value, predictive value, patient selection, testing recommendations...

    Clinical Trial Resources

    ESMO Clinical Trial Resources are designed to support you with designing, participating in and reviewing clinical trials

    Educational Slides

    Educational slides on Cancer Prevention, Clinical Trials, Colorectal Cancer and Molecular Biology

    Glossary of Molecular Biology

    ESMO members: Browse through the ESMO Glossary in Molecular Biology of Cancer and Molecular Techniques online

    Glossary of Precision Medicine

    The Precision Medicine Glossary, developed by ESMO, features 43 terms and aims to clarify the language used by oncologists and basic scientists within the context of precision medicine. 

    Cancer in Medical Journals

    Collection of links to the latest cancer related articles in top medical journals: Annals of Oncology, The Lancet, JAMA, NEJM, BMJ and Nature Medicine

    User’s Manual for Oncology Clinicians

    Discover the User's Manual for Oncology Clinicians: “Clinician’s notes” for each of the 16 chapters of the Guide for Patients with Advanced Cancer.

    Abbreviations

    Find the most common oncology abbreviations.

    Links to Cancer Journals

    Here, ESMO members can gain direct access to journals available to Annals of Oncology. You can also find links to interesting journals in the fields of Medical Oncology, Haematology and Biomarkers.

    Global Curriculum in Medical Oncology

    The 2016 edition of ESMO / ASCO Recommendations for a Global Curriculum in Medical Oncology and the 2017 edition of the associated Log Book are now available 

  • Meeting Resources
    • ESMO Preceptorships in Singapo...
    • Meeting Resources 2017: A year...
    • ESMO Congress resources
    • Scientific Meeting Reports
    • Slide Resources

    ESMO Preceptorships in Singapore: Resources from all the courses

    All resources from various Preceptorships that took place in Singapore in November 2017.

    Scientific Meeting Reports

    Meeting reports from past ESMO organised and ESMO supported meetings.

    Slide Resources

    All ESMO slide resources in one convenient location.

  • Tumour Sites
    • Breast Cancer
    • Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Site
    • Central Nervous System Maligna...
    • Endocrine Cancers
    • Gastrointestinal Cancers
    • Genitourinary Cancers
    • Gynaecological Malignancies
    • Haematological Malignancies
    • Head and Neck Cancers
    • Lung and other Thoracic Tumours
    • Melanoma and other Skin Tumours
    • Sarcomas

    Breast Cancer

    Access all ESMO scientific and educational resources on this topic.

     

    Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Site

    Access ESMO scientific and educational resources on this topic

    Central Nervous System Malignancies

    Access ESMO scientific and educational resources on this topic

    Endocrine Cancers

    Access ESMO scientific and educational resources on this topic

    Gastrointestinal Cancers

    Access ESMO scientific and educational resources on this topic

    Genitourinary Cancers

    Access ESMO scientific and educational resources on this topic

     

    Gynaecological Malignancies

    Access ESMO scientific and educational resources on this topic

    Haematological Malignancies

    Access ESMO scientific and educational resources on this topic

    Head and Neck Cancers

    Access ESMO scientific and educational resources on this topic

     

    Lung and other Thoracic Tumours

    Access ESMO scientific and educational resources on this topic

     

    Melanoma and other Skin Tumours

    Access ESMO scientific and educational resources on this topic

    Sarcomas

    Access ESMO scientific and educational resources on this topic

  • OncologyPRO
  • Topics
  • Cancer in Special Situations
  • Geriatric Oncology
  • Invited Discussant, Abstracts 1419PD, 1420PD and 1447PD
SHOW SIDEMENU

Invited Discussant, Abstracts 1419PD, 1420PD and 1447PD

Date 01 October 2012
Event ESMO Congress 2012
Session Public health and familial cancer
Topics Bioethics, Legal, and Economic Issues
Geriatric Oncology
Cancer Aetiology, Epidemiology, Prevention
Presenter Harry De Koning
Authors H. De Koning
Author Affiliations
  • Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit (ctsu), Erasmus MC, 3015GE - Rotterdam/NL

View Presentation

View Webcast

View the abstracts discussed:

  • Potential risk of asbestos exposure among Japanese general population: Japanese general screening study for asbestos-related diseases (JGSARD)
  • Colorectal cancer screening: factors associated with not undergoing an early colonoscopy after a positive fecal occult blood test
  • Screening tool for unfitness in geriatric oncology: what does it tell us in daily practice?
  • Geriatric Oncology
  • Breast Cancer
    • Breast Cancer, Early Stage
    • Breast Cancer, Locally Advanced
    • Breast Cancer, Metastatic
  • Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Site
  • Central Nervous System Malignancies
  • Endocrine Cancers
    • Thyroid Cancer
    • Neuroendocrine Cancers
  • Gastrointestinal Cancers
    • Oesophageal Cancer
    • Gastric Cancer
    • Anal Cancer
    • Hepatobiliary Cancers
    • Colon Cancer
    • Rectal Cancer
    • Pancreatic Cancer
  • Genitourinary Cancers
    • Renal Cell Cancer
    • Urothelial Cancers
    • Penile Cancer
    • Prostate Cancer
    • Germ Cell Tumours
  • Gynaecologic Malignancies
    • Ovarian Cancer
    • Endometrial Cancer
    • Cervical Cancer
    • Vulvar and Vaginal Cancers
  • Haematologic Malignancies
    • Leukaemia
    • Lymphomas
    • Plasma Cell Dyscrasias
    • Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
  • Head and Neck Cancers
  • Lung and other Thoracic Tumours
    • Small-Cell Lung Cancer
    • Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer, Early Stage
    • Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer, Locally Advanced
    • Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer, Metastatic
    • Mesothelioma
    • Thymoma and Thymic Cancer
  • Melanoma and other Skin Tumours
  • Sarcoma
    • Bone Sarcomas
    • Soft Tissue Sarcomas
    • GIST
  • Anti-Cancer Agents & Biologic Therapy
    • Drug Development
    • Pharmacology
  • Basic Science
  • Bioethics, Legal, and Economic Issues
    • Career Development
  • Cancer Aetiology, Epidemiology, Prevention
  • Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy
  • Cancer in Special Situations
    • Cancer in Adolescents
    • Cancer in Young Adults
    • Cancer in Pregnancy
    • Geriatric Oncology
    • Familial Cancer
    • Genetic Syndromes related Cancers
    • AIDS-Associated Malignancies
  • Imaging, Diagnosis and Staging
  • Palliative and Supportive Care
    • Complications of Treatment
    • Supportive Care
    • Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer
    • Palliative Care
  • Pathology/Molecular Biology
  • Patient Education
  • Personalised Medicine
  • Surgery and/or Radiotherapy of Cancer
  • Translational Research
    • Biomarkers
    • Diagnostics
  • Sponsors
  • About OncologyPRO
  • Topics
  • Useful Links
  • Conditions of Use
  • Contact Us
  • Sitemap
ico-social_tw ico-social_fb ico-social_gplus ico-social_yt ico-social_rss ico-social_in

ESMO is a Swiss-registered not-for-profit organisation. All funding for this site is provided directly by ESMO or via grants from the sponsors and supporters.

Via L. Taddei 4, 6962 Viganello - Lugano - CH © Copyright 2018 European Society for Medical Oncology All rights reserved worldwide.

Scroll