Society guideline links: Adrenal cancer

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Adrenal incidentaloma" and "Society guideline links: Primary aldosteronism" and "Society guideline links: Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma" and "Society guideline links: Diagnosis and treatment of Cushing's syndrome".)

International

●International Consultation on Urological Diseases (ICUD) and European Association of Urology (EAU): International consultation on minimally invasive surgery in urology – Laparoscopic and robotic adrenalectomy (2017)

●Outcomes after adrenalectomy for unilateral primary aldosteronism – An international consensus on outcome measures and analysis of remission rates in an international cohort (2017)

●International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG): Guidelines for the surgical treatment of adrenal masses in children (2010)

●Management of patients with adrenal cancer – Recommendations of an international consensus conference (2005)

Canada

●Canadian Urological Association (CUA): Guidelines for the management of the incidentally discovered adrenal mass (2011)

United States

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on adrenal mass evaluation (2021)

●National Cancer Institute (NCI): Childhood adrenocortical carcinoma treatment (PDQ) – Health professional version (updated 2020)

●NCI: Adrenocortical carcinoma treatment (adult) (PDQ) – Health professional version (updated 2019)

●Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES): Guidelines for the minimally invasive treatment of adrenal pathology (2013)

●American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) and American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES): Medical guidelines for the management of adrenal incidentalomas (2009)

Europe

●European Cooperative Study Group for Pediatric Rare Tumors (EXPeRT)/Paediatric Rare Tumours Network - European Registry (PARTNER): Adrenocortical tumours in children and adolescents – Diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations (2021)

●European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) and European Network for Rare Adult Solid Cancers (EURACAN): Clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of adrenocortical carcinomas and malignant phaeochromocytomas (2020)

●European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) and European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumors (ENSAT): Clinical practice guidelines on the management of adrenocortical carcinoma in adults (2018)

●European Society of Endocrine Surgeons (ESES) and ENSAT: Recommendations for the surgical management of adrenocortical carcinoma (2017)

●International Consultation on Urological Diseases (ICUD) and European Association of Urology (EAU): International consultation on minimally invasive surgery in urology – Laparoscopic and robotic adrenalectomy (2017)

●ESE and ENSAT: Clinical practice guideline for the management of adrenal incidentalomas (2016)

●ESMO: Clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of adrenal cancer (2012)

●European Society of Endocrine Surgeons (ESES): Positional statement on malignant adrenal tumors (2012)

United Kingdom

●British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons (BAETS): Adrenal surgery practice guidance for the UK (2016)

●British Society of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (BSPED) and the United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group (UKCCSG): A multi-disciplinary consensus statement of best practice on paediatric endocrine tumours (2005, reviewed 2014)

Japan

●Japanese Society of Endourology and ESWL (JSEE): Guidelines for urological laparoscopic surgery (2009)