The ESMO Practising Oncologists Working Group has developed the ESMO Checklists, a set of cancer patient management workflow templates for oncologists at the point of care. Derived from the ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines, this new hands-on self-assessment tool will help you easily check that the essential steps recommended in the ESMO Guidelines have been actually taken in your daily practice. Whether you are visiting your patients, reviewing their medical records or preparing for discussion at your next multidisciplinary tumour board meeting, you can use the checklists to control your practice’s adherence to the ESMO Guidelines. The organ-specific checklists have been produced to guide you through the stages for diagnosis and treatment of the specific cancer type affecting your patients. The general checklist reports recommendations that you should always consider when visiting a cancer patient, regardless of the tumour type.