MASCC/ESMO antiemetic guidelines: Introduction to the 2023 guidelines update

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The Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) had their first antiemetic guideline consensus conference in Perugia in 1997 [1, 2] and updated the guidelines in 2004 [3, 4]. The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) published their first antiemetic guideline in 2001 [5] with annual updates in subsequent years. In 2009 the two societies joined forces and published mutual antiemetic guidelines based on consensus meetings in 2009 (Perugia) and 2015 (Copenhagen). An Expert Committee was appointed by the two societies with 10 working groups identified to update specific antiemetic recommendations. The guidelines were published in Annals of Oncology in 2010 [6] and 2016 [7] as one review paper of all recommendations and in 10 papers in Supportive Care in Cancer in 2011 and 2017 as extended reviews of the recommendations from each of the 10 working groups. …