BACKGROUND: ECCO essential requirements for quality cancer care (ERQCC) are checklists and explanations of organisation and actions that are necessary to give high-quality care to patients who have a specific type of cancer. They are written by European experts representing all disciplines involved in cancer care. ERQCC papers give oncology teams, patients, policymakers and managers an overview of the elements needed in any healthcare system to provide high quality of care throughout the patient journey. References are made to clinical guidelines and other resources where appropriate, and the focus is on care in Europe. OESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC: ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALITY CARE: CONCLUSION: Taken together, the information presented in this paper provides a comprehensive description of the essential requirements for establishing a high-quality OG cancer service. The ERQCC expert group is aware that it is not possible to propose a 'one size fits all' system for all countries, but urges that access to multidisciplinary units or centres must be guaranteed for all those with OG cancer.

Association of European Cancer Leagues ; Oncology Department Vall d'Hebron University Hospital and Institute of Oncology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Barcelona Spain

European Association for Palliative Care ; Comprehensive Cancer Center Department of Palliative Care University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital Helsinki Finland

European Association of Nuclear Medicine University of La Rioja Logroño La Rioja Spain

European CanCer Organisation ; Department of Surgery Institute of Clinical Sciences Sahlgrenska Academy University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden

European CanCer Organisation Brussels Belgium

European CanCer Organisation Oncopolicy Committee; Department of Surgery Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis Delft The Netherlands

European CanCer Organisation Patient Advisory Committe EuropaColon Salisbury UK

European Oncology Nursing Society ; Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London UK

European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer ; Department of Comprehensive Cancer Care Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute Brno Czech Republic

European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Brussels Belgium

European School of Oncology Milan Italy

European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism ; Department of Surgery San Raffaele University Hospital Milan Italy

European Society for Medical Oncology University Medicine Leipzig Leipzig Germany

European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology ; Department of Radiation Oncology University Hospitals Leuven Leuven Belgium

European Society of Anaesthesiology ; Anaesthesia Department Candelaria University Hospital Santa Cruz de Tenerife Spain

European Society of Anaesthesiology ; Anaesthesia Department Hirslanden Clinic Zurich Zurich Switzerland

European Society of Oncology Pharmacy ; Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy General Teaching Hospital Prague Czech Republic

European Society of Pathology ; Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto Centro Hospitalar de São João and Ipatimup i3S Porto Portugal

European Society of Radiology ; Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image guided Therapy Medical University Vienna Vienna Austria

European Society of Surgical Oncology ; Department of Surgery Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust London UK

International Psycho Oncology Society ; Clinical Department of Oncology University Medical Centre of Internal Medicine Medical University of Graz Graz Austria

International Society of Geriatric Oncology ; Department of Geriatric Medicine Oslo University Hospital Oslo Norway

Organisation of European Cancer Institutes ; Cambridge Cancer Centre Cambridge UK

Organisation of European Cancer Institutes ; National Institute of Oncology Budapest Hungary

United European Gastroenterology ; Department of Internal Medicine 1 Ulm University Ulm Germany

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