European Society for Medical Oncology 2020

The 2020 Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) was another large meeting held solely in a virtual format due to the ongoing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. While we all have—to a certain extent—become used to the transfer of large parts of our professional lives into the virtual world, following developments outside our own field of expertise has become more difficult. Therefore, reviews focusing on congress highlights have gained importance and in the current issue, the Magazine of European Medical Oncology (MEMO) provides a series of articles focusing on relevant results presented at the virtual 2020 ESMO congress in the fields of breast cancer, non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), gastrointestinal and genitourinary cancers. …