European Cancer Organisation Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care for ovarian cancer: Focus on the multidisciplinary team

Cristiana Sessa¹, Luzia Travado², Gabriele Calaminus³, Teresa Margarida Cunha⁴, Roberto C Delgado Bolton⁵, Willemien van Driel⁶, Andreia Fernandes⁷, Margaret Hutka⁸, Birthe Lemley⁹, Natalia Luczak¹⁰, Rui Medeiros¹¹, Simon Oberst¹², Nelleke Ottevanger¹³, Andrea Papadia¹⁴, Philippe Pereira¹⁵, Manuel Rodrigues¹⁶, Simona Stolnicu¹⁷, Katrien Vandecasteele¹⁸, Alberto Costa¹⁹, Philip Poortmans²⁰, Fedro Peccatori^{19

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¹ European School of Oncology (ESO); Medical Oncology, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, EOC, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
² International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS); Psycho-Oncology, Champalimaud Clinical and Research Center, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal.
³ European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE); Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
⁴ European Society of Radiology (ESR); Department of Radiology, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal.
⁵ European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM); Department of Diagnostic Imaging (Radiology) and Nuclear Medicine, San Pedro Hospital and Centre for Biomedical Research of La Rioja (CIBIR), University of La Rioja, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain.
⁶ European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO); Centre for Gynecological Oncology Amsterdam (CGOA), Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁷ European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS); Gynaecology Unit, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
⁸ Flims Alumni Club (FAC); Cancer Research Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom.
⁹ European Network of Gynaecological Cancer Advocacy Groups (ENGAGe/ESGO), Geneva Switzerland.
¹⁰ European Society of Oncology Pharmacy (ESOP); Hospital Pharmacy North Denmark Region, Aalborg, Denmark.
¹¹ Association of European Cancer Leagues (ECL); Molecular Oncology, Portuguese Institute of Oncology of Porto, Portugal.
¹² Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI); Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
¹³ European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC); Medical Oncology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
¹⁴ Ospedale Regionale di Lugano EOC; Gynecology and Obstetrics; Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland.
¹⁵ Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE); Clinic for Radiology, Minimally-Invasive Therapies and Nuclear Medicine, SLK-Kliniken, Heilbronn, Germany.
¹⁶ International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG); Curie Institute, Paris, France.
¹⁷ European Society of Pathology (ESP); University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology 'Gh E Palade' of Targu Mures, Department of Pathology, Targu Mures, Romania.
¹⁸ European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO); Department of Radiation Oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
¹⁹ European School of Oncology (ESO), Milan, Italy.
²⁰ European Cancer Organisation (ECO); Iridium Kankernetwerk and University of Antwerp, Wilrijk-Antwerp, Belgium.
²¹ Gynecologic Oncology Department, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 39643948
DOI: 10.1177/03008916241303022

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European Cancer Organisation Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care for ovarian cancer: Focus on the multidisciplinary team

Cristiana Sessa et al. Tumori. 2025 Feb.

. 2025 Feb;111(1):11-19.

doi: 10.1177/03008916241303022. Epub 2024 Dec 6.

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¹ European School of Oncology (ESO); Medical Oncology, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, EOC, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
² International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS); Psycho-Oncology, Champalimaud Clinical and Research Center, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal.
³ European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE); Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
⁴ European Society of Radiology (ESR); Department of Radiology, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal.
⁵ European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM); Department of Diagnostic Imaging (Radiology) and Nuclear Medicine, San Pedro Hospital and Centre for Biomedical Research of La Rioja (CIBIR), University of La Rioja, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain.
⁶ European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO); Centre for Gynecological Oncology Amsterdam (CGOA), Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁷ European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS); Gynaecology Unit, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
⁸ Flims Alumni Club (FAC); Cancer Research Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom.
⁹ European Network of Gynaecological Cancer Advocacy Groups (ENGAGe/ESGO), Geneva Switzerland.
¹⁰ European Society of Oncology Pharmacy (ESOP); Hospital Pharmacy North Denmark Region, Aalborg, Denmark.
¹¹ Association of European Cancer Leagues (ECL); Molecular Oncology, Portuguese Institute of Oncology of Porto, Portugal.
¹² Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI); Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
¹³ European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC); Medical Oncology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
¹⁴ Ospedale Regionale di Lugano EOC; Gynecology and Obstetrics; Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland.
¹⁵ Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE); Clinic for Radiology, Minimally-Invasive Therapies and Nuclear Medicine, SLK-Kliniken, Heilbronn, Germany.
¹⁶ International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG); Curie Institute, Paris, France.
¹⁷ European Society of Pathology (ESP); University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology 'Gh E Palade' of Targu Mures, Department of Pathology, Targu Mures, Romania.
¹⁸ European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO); Department of Radiation Oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
¹⁹ European School of Oncology (ESO), Milan, Italy.
²⁰ European Cancer Organisation (ECO); Iridium Kankernetwerk and University of Antwerp, Wilrijk-Antwerp, Belgium.
²¹ Gynecologic Oncology Department, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 39643948
DOI: 10.1177/03008916241303022

Abstract

European Cancer Organisation Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care (ERQCC) are written by experts representing all disciplines involved in cancer care in Europe. They give patients, health professionals, managers and policymakers a guide to essential care. Here, the essential requirements to treat ovarian cancer patients are described. Ovarian cancer patients continue to have low cure rates with wide variation in treatment and care in Europe and beyond. They require complex treatment that should be carried out in specialised ovarian/gynaecological cancer centres by professionals with the appropriate expertise interacting in a multidisciplinary team. Such centralisation is still not well established in many European countries. A patient-centred pathway from diagnosis through treatment to survivorship, managed in dedicated centres, is key to achieving optimal care and a successful clinical outcome.

Keywords: epithelial ovarian cancer; gynecologic oncology; multidisciplinarity; ovarian.

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