ESMO / ASCO Recommendations for a Global Curriculum in Medical Oncology Edition 2016.
Dittrich C3rd Medical Department , Centre for Oncology and Haematology, Kaiser Franz Josef-Spital , Vienna , Austria.
Kosty MDivision of Hematology/Oncology , Scripps Green Cancer Center, Scripps Clinic , La Jolla, California , USA.
Jezdic SEuropean Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) , Lugano , Switzerland.
Pyle DAmerican Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) , Alexandria, Virginia , USA.
Berardi RDepartment of Medical Oncology , Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ospedali Riuniti Ancona , Ancona , Italy.
Bergh JThe Strategic Research Programme in Cancer, Karolinska Institutet and University Hospital , Stockholm , Sweden.
El-Saghir NDepartment of Internal Medicine , NK Basile Cancer Institute, American University of Beirut Medical Center , Beirut , Lebanon.
Lotz JPDepartment of Medical Oncology and Cellular Therapy, Medical Oncology Department , Tenon Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris , Paris , France.
Österlund PDepartment of Oncology , HUCH Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki , Helsinki, Finland.
Pavlidis NDepartment of Medical Oncology , University of Ioannina , Ioannina , Greece.
Purkalne GClinic of Oncology , Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital , Riga , Latvia.
Awada AMedical Oncology Clinic , Jules Bordet Institute, Université Libre de Bruxelles , Brussels , Belgium.
Banerjee SThe Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust , London , UK.
Bhatia SDivision of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics , Institute of Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center , Birmingham, Alabama , USA.
Bogaerts JThe European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) , Brussels , Belgium.
Buckner JDepartment of Oncology , Cancer Practice-Mayo Clinic Cancer Center , Rochester, Minnesota , USA.
Cardoso FBreast Unit , Champalimaud Clinical Center , Lisbon , Portugal.
Casali PMedical Oncology Unit 2 (Adult Mesenchymal Tumours and Rare Cancers) , Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori , Milan , Italy.
Chu EUniversity of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , USA.
Close JLUF Department of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology, UF Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program, Gainesville, Florida, USA; Medical Service, Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Coiffier BDepartment of Hematology , University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud , Lyon , France.
Connolly RBreast and Ovarian Cancer Program , Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Maryland , USA.
Coupland SPathology, Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine , University of Liverpool , Liverpool , UK.
De Petris LDepartment of Oncology , Radiumhemmet, Karolinska Institutet and University Hospital , Stockholm , Sweden.
De Santis MUniversity of Warwick, Cancer Research Centre , Coventry , UK.
de Vries EGDepartment of Medical Oncology , University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen , Groningen , The Netherlands.
Dizon DSThe Oncology Sexual Health Clinic, Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine , Massachusetts General Hospital , Boston, Massachusetts , USA.
Duff JDepartment of Medicine , University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida , USA.
Duska LRDivision of Gynecologic Oncology , University of Virginia School of Medicine , Charlottesville, Virginia , USA.
Eniu ADepartment of Breast Tumors , Cancer Institute "Ion Chiricuta" , Cluj-Napoca , Romania.
Ernstoff MDepartment of Medicine , Roswell Park Cancer Institute , Buffalo, New York , USA.
Felip EMedical Oncology Department , Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) , Barcelona , Spain.
Fey MFInselspital and University Hospital of Bern , Bern , Switzerland.
Gilbert JVanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee , USA.
Girard NDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Thoracic Oncology , Institute of Oncology, Hospices Civils de Lyon , Lyon , France.
Glaudemans AWDepartment of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging , University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen , Groningen , The Netherlands.
Gopalan PKDepartment of Medicine , University of Florida and Section of Medicine, Malcom Randall VA Medical Center , Gainesville, Florida , USA.
Grothey AMayo Clinic Rochester , Rochester, Minnesota , USA.
Hahn SMDivision of Radiation Oncology , The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center , Houston, Texas , USA.
Hanna DDivision of Medical Oncology , University of Southern California, Hoag Family Cancer Institute , Newport Beach, California , USA.
Herold CDepartment of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy , Medical University Vienna, Vienna General Hospital , Vienna , Austria.
Herrstedt JDepartment of Oncology , Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark , Odense , Denmark.
Homicsko KDepartment of Oncology , University Hospital of Lausanne , Lausanne , Switzerland.
Jones DVDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology/Stem Cell Transplant, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA; Section of Hematology and Oncology, Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Michielin ODepartment of Oncology , CHUV , Lausanne , Switzerland.
Moser ECChampalimaud Foundation , Lisbon , Portugal.
Mountzios GUniversity of Athens School of Medicine , Athens , Greece.
Moynihan TDepartment of Medical Oncology , Mayo Clinic , Rochester, Minnesota , USA.
Nielsen TUniversity of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia , Canada.
Ohe YDepartment of Thoracic Oncology , National Cancer Center Hospital , Tokyo , Japan.
Öberg KDepartment of Endocrine Oncology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
Raut CDivision of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery , Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital , Boston, Massachusetts , USA.
Remick SCDepartment of Medicine , Maine Medical Center Cancer Institute , Scarborough, Maine , USA.
Robson MClinical Genetics Service, Department of Medicine , Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center , New York, New York , USA.
Rutkowski PDepartment of Soft Tissue/Bone Sarcoma and Melanoma , Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology , Warsaw , Poland.
Salgado RBreast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Department of Pathology, TCRU, GZA Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Schapira LHarvard Medical School , Massachusetts General Hospital , Boston, Massachusetts , USA.
Schernhammer EDepartment of Epidemiology , Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna , Vienna , Austria.
Schlumberger MDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology , Institut Gustave Roussy, Université Paris-Sud , Villejuif , France.
Schmoll HJDivision Clinical Oncology Research , University Clinic Halle (Saale), Martin-Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg , Halle , Germany.
Schnipper LDepartment of Medicine , Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center , Boston, Massachusetts , USA.
Sessa COncology Institute of Southern Switzerland , Bellinzona , Switzerland.
Shapiro CLDubin Breast Center, Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology , Tisch Cancer Center, Mount Sinai Health System , New York, New York , USA.
Steele JAnatomic Pathology, Scripps Clinic Department of Pathology , Scripps Green Hospital , La Jolla, California , USA.
Sternberg CNDepartment of Medical Oncology , San Camillo Forlanini Hospital , Rome , Italy.
Stiefel FPsychiatric Liaison Service, Department of Psychiatry , University Hospital of Lausanne-CHUV , Lausanne , Switzerland.
Strasser FOncological Palliative Medicine, Clinic Oncology/Hematology, Department Internal Medicine & Palliative Centre , Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen , St. Gallen , Switzerland.
English
The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) are publishing a new edition of the ESMO/ASCO Global Curriculum (GC) thanks to contribution of 64 ESMO-appointed and 32 ASCO-appointed authors. First published in 2004 and updated in 2010, the GC edition 2016 answers to the need for updated recommendations for the training of physicians in medical oncology by defining the standard to be fulfilled to qualify as medical oncologists. At times of internationalisation of healthcare and increased mobility of patients and physicians, the GC aims to provide state-of-the-art cancer care to all patients wherever they live. Recent progress in the field of cancer research has indeed resulted in diagnostic and therapeutic innovations such as targeted therapies as a standard therapeutic approach or personalised cancer medicine apart from the revival of immunotherapy, requiring specialised training for medical oncology trainees. Thus, several new chapters on technical contents such as molecular pathology, translational research or molecular imaging and on conceptual attitudes towards human principles like genetic counselling or survivorship have been integrated in the GC. The GC edition 2016 consists of 12 sections with 17 subsections, 44 chapters and 35 subchapters, respectively. Besides renewal in its contents, the GC underwent a principal formal change taking into consideration modern didactic principles. It is presented in a template-based format that subcategorises the detailed outcome requirements into learning objectives, awareness, knowledge and skills. Consecutive steps will be those of harmonising and implementing teaching and assessment strategies.