ESMO produce educational books covering a range of topics within the ESMO Essentials for Clinicians and ESMO Handbooks collections:
- Essentials for Clinicians: Browse our Essentials for Clinicians collection for early career oncologists. Produced in a simplified format, these comprehensive guides provide an overview of oncological malignancy from biology, diagnosis and staging through to treatment and follow-up.
- Handbooks: Browse our range of ESMO Handbooks. Produced in a practical, easy-to-read format, these comprehensive guides are for experienced oncologists.
ESMO Handbooks also provide on-demand CME with up to 5 ESMO-MORA category 1 points and CME certification available (for up to two years post-publication).
All titles from both series are available as downloadable PDFs for ESMO members.
Browse our Essentials for Clinicians collection for early career oncologists. Produced in a simplified format, these comprehensive guides provide an overview of oncological malignancy from biology, diagnosis and staging through to treatment and follow-up.
Browse our range of ESMO Handbooks. Produced in a practical, easy-to-read format, these comprehensive guides are for experienced oncologists.
On-demand CME:
- Up to 5 ESMO-MORA category 1 points available
- CME Certificate available
Breast Cancer
NEW edition: Each chapter reflects the latest standards of care in breast cancer management, providing the readers with new insights into diagnosis and treatment. With its very didactic and visual presentation, Breast Cancer: Essentials for Clinicians is now available for download!
Gynaecological Tumours
NEW edition: current concepts in the management of gynaecological tumours are explained in a concise, clear and accessible way. Download your copy of Gynaecological Tumours: Essentials for Clinicians today!
Lymphomas
Lymphomas: Essentials for Clinicians (3rd edition) provides an up-to-date overview of the current treatment options and what future developments are on the horizon in the fast-developing field of lymphomas.
Nutrition and Cancer (2nd edition)
For medical oncologists and other healthcare professionals working in the field of oncology nutrition is an important factor to consider when advising and treating patients.
Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults
This handbook describes the major types of malignancy which might occur during this transitional phase of life. It provides diagnostic and therapeutic guidance and also gives an idea of life after cancer. ESMO and SIOP Europe share the same goal: that no young person should have to die of cancer.
Targeted Therapies and Precision Oncology
This handbook brings together specialists in the field of precision medicine, who have shared their knowledge and given their insights on this broad topic, providing you with a solid base to understand this field from basic science to clinical application.
Supportive and Palliative Care
This handbook aims to educate oncologists on all aspects of a patient’s cancer journey, including symptom control, physical, mental, social and emotional wellbeing, as well as end-of-life care.
Melanoma & Other Skin Cancers
Melanoma & Other Skin Cancers: Essentials for Clinicians has been designed to provide an up-to-date and multidisciplinary overview of the epidemiology, pathology evidence-based treatment options for patients with all stages of disease.
Gastrointestinal Tract Tumours
Gastrointestinal Tract Tumours: Essentials for Clinicians 2nd edition informs the readers on the very latest discoveries within the gastrointestinal oncology field and up-to-date practice concepts, spanning a wide range of gastrointestinal malignancies.
Sarcoma & GIST plus CUP
Sarcoma & GIST plus Cancer of Unknown Primary Site is intended primarily to be read by young oncologists and oncologists not working in sarcoma reference centres. Download your copy today and learn more about these rare tumour types.
Genitourinary Tract Tumours
Genitourinary Tract Tumours: Essentials for Clinicians 2nd edition. Published in 2020, the book informs on the latest research and up-to-date practice concepts in prostate, urothelial, testicular and kidney cancers, alongside less frequent malignancies such as penile and adrenal tumours.
Thoracic Tumours
Updated in 2019, the 2nd edition of Thoracic Tumours: Essentials for Clinicians includes new chapters on Immuno-oncology and Targeted therapy for Oncogene-addicted Tumours. Download your copy today!
Leukaemia and Myeloma
Leukaemia and Myeloma: Essentials for Clinicians presents basic knowledge as well as deeper insight into novel therapeutic developments, in the context of tremendous progress, not only in understanding the biology but also in the clinical management of haematological malignancies.
Immuno-Oncology
This comprehensive handbook provides a strong base to understand the theory, mechanisms of action, clinical developments and the future of immuno-oncology in different disease types, and, therefore, is a “must read” for any professional involved in the care of cancer patients.
Interpreting Oncological Study Publications
This handbook enables all of us to read between the lines of a scientific publication, to better estimate the true benefit of a new oncological intervention and to better understand other cancer-related research.
Neuro-Oncology
Neuro-Oncology: Essentials for Clinicians is an easy-to-use and accessible source of knowledge, giving balanced and up-to-date information for students and physicians interested in cancers of the CNS.
Head & Neck Cancers
Head & Neck Cancers, the sixth title in our Essentials for Clinicians series, provides the most clinically relevant and updated information for optimal prevention, diagnosis and treatment of this heterogeneous group of tumours.
Oncological Emergencies
The aim of the present edition of the ESMO Handbook of Oncological Emergencies is to approach the new advances and developments in the field of oncological emergency treatments, for the benefit of oncology specialists, but also for those who are just starting out in this profession.
Translational Research
In this ESMO Handbook the editors cover topics including the emerging processes of evading tumour destruction and tumour inflammation, new challenges posed by tumour heterogeneity, and new study designs and technologies.
Cancer Treatment in Special Clinical Situations
This handbook is designed to assist medical oncologists with challenging or complex situations, when modification of standard treatment in clinical practice is necessary.
Clinical Pharmacology of Anti-Cancer Agents
This is a user-friendly handbook, designed for young medical oncologists, where they can access the essential information they need for providing the treatment which could have the highest chance of being effective and tolerable.
Cancer in the Senior Patient
The treatment of any patient, in particular seniors, requires a careful evaluation of the person who is in need of such treatment. This handbook focuses on the delicate decision-making process, which should lead to the best therapy, adapted not only to the disease but also to the person who suffers from it
Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Evaluation
This Handbook is a rare attempt to make an appraisal of where we are in the field of cancer diagnosis and treatment evaluation, by focusing on some key issues of the clinical method of medical oncologists.
Melanoma & Other Skin Cancers
Melanoma & Other Skin Cancers: Essentials for Clinicians has been designed to provide an up-to-date and multidisciplinary overview of the epidemiology, pathology evidence-based treatment options for patients with all stages of disease.
Gastrointestinal Tract Tumours
Gastrointestinal Tract Tumours: Essentials for Clinicians 2nd edition informs the readers on the very latest discoveries within the gastrointestinal oncology field and up-to-date practice concepts, spanning a wide range of gastrointestinal malignancies.
Sarcoma & GIST plus CUP
Sarcoma & GIST plus Cancer of Unknown Primary Site is intended primarily to be read by young oncologists and oncologists not working in sarcoma reference centres. Download your copy today and learn more about these rare tumour types.
Genitourinary Tract Tumours
Genitourinary Tract Tumours: Essentials for Clinicians 2nd edition. Published in 2020, the book informs on the latest research and up-to-date practice concepts in prostate, urothelial, testicular and kidney cancers, alongside less frequent malignancies such as penile and adrenal tumours.
Thoracic Tumours
Updated in 2019, the 2nd edition of Thoracic Tumours: Essentials for Clinicians includes new chapters on Immuno-oncology and Targeted therapy for Oncogene-addicted Tumours. Download your copy today!
Leukaemia and Myeloma
Leukaemia and Myeloma: Essentials for Clinicians presents basic knowledge as well as deeper insight into novel therapeutic developments, in the context of tremendous progress, not only in understanding the biology but also in the clinical management of haematological malignancies.
Neuro-Oncology
Neuro-Oncology: Essentials for Clinicians is an easy-to-use and accessible source of knowledge, giving balanced and up-to-date information for students and physicians interested in cancers of the CNS.
Head & Neck Cancers
Head & Neck Cancers, the sixth title in our Essentials for Clinicians series, provides the most clinically relevant and updated information for optimal prevention, diagnosis and treatment of this heterogeneous group of tumours.
Gynaecological Tumours
NEW edition: current concepts in the management of gynaecological tumours are explained in a concise, clear and accessible way. Download your copy of Gynaecological Tumours: Essentials for Clinicians today!
Lymphomas
Lymphomas: Essentials for Clinicians (3rd edition) provides an up-to-date overview of the current treatment options and what future developments are on the horizon in the fast-developing field of lymphomas.
Breast Cancer
NEW edition: Each chapter reflects the latest standards of care in breast cancer management, providing the readers with new insights into diagnosis and treatment. With its very didactic and visual presentation, Breast Cancer: Essentials for Clinicians is now available for download!
Nutrition and Cancer (2nd edition)
For medical oncologists and other healthcare professionals working in the field of oncology nutrition is an important factor to consider when advising and treating patients.
Targeted Therapies and Precision Oncology
This handbook brings together specialists in the field of precision medicine, who have shared their knowledge and given their insights on this broad topic, providing you with a solid base to understand this field from basic science to clinical application.
Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults
This handbook describes the major types of malignancy which might occur during this transitional phase of life. It provides diagnostic and therapeutic guidance and also gives an idea of life after cancer. ESMO and SIOP Europe share the same goal: that no young person should have to die of cancer.
Supportive and Palliative Care
This handbook aims to educate oncologists on all aspects of a patient’s cancer journey, including symptom control, physical, mental, social and emotional wellbeing, as well as end-of-life care.
Immuno-Oncology
This comprehensive handbook provides a strong base to understand the theory, mechanisms of action, clinical developments and the future of immuno-oncology in different disease types, and, therefore, is a “must read” for any professional involved in the care of cancer patients.
Interpreting Oncological Study Publications
This handbook enables all of us to read between the lines of a scientific publication, to better estimate the true benefit of a new oncological intervention and to better understand other cancer-related research.
Oncological Emergencies
The aim of the present edition of the ESMO Handbook of Oncological Emergencies is to approach the new advances and developments in the field of oncological emergency treatments, for the benefit of oncology specialists, but also for those who are just starting out in this profession.
Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Evaluation
This Handbook is a rare attempt to make an appraisal of where we are in the field of cancer diagnosis and treatment evaluation, by focusing on some key issues of the clinical method of medical oncologists.
Cancer in the Senior Patient
The treatment of any patient, in particular seniors, requires a careful evaluation of the person who is in need of such treatment. This handbook focuses on the delicate decision-making process, which should lead to the best therapy, adapted not only to the disease but also to the person who suffers from it
Translational Research
In this ESMO Handbook the editors cover topics including the emerging processes of evading tumour destruction and tumour inflammation, new challenges posed by tumour heterogeneity, and new study designs and technologies.
Cancer Treatment in Special Clinical Situations
This handbook is designed to assist medical oncologists with challenging or complex situations, when modification of standard treatment in clinical practice is necessary.
Clinical Pharmacology of Anti-Cancer Agents
This is a user-friendly handbook, designed for young medical oncologists, where they can access the essential information they need for providing the treatment which could have the highest chance of being effective and tolerable.