The European Network of Gastrointestinal Pathology (ENGIP) serves as a platform for the dissemination of guidelines and consensus documents in the field of gastrointestinal pathology.

Below we will refer to free access guidelines and/or consensus documents, developed by different societies and authoritative sources, such as the European Society of Pathology (ESP), the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE), the European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation (ECCO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).

• Quality in screening colonoscopy: position statement of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) (2012)
  
  
• Management of precancerous conditions and lesions in the stomach (MAPS): guideline from the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE), European Helicobacter Study Group (EHSG), European Society of Pathology (ESP), and the Sociedade Portuguesa de Endoscopia Digestiva (SPED) (2012)
  
  
• Post-polypectomy colonoscopy surveillance: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Guideline (2013)
  
  
• Endoscopic submucosal dissection: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Guideline (2015)
  
  
• Indications, results, and clinical impact of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided sampling in gastroenterology: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Clinical Guideline – Updated January 2017
  
  
• Colorectal polypectomy and endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR): European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Clinical Guideline (2017)
  
  
• Endoscopic management of Barrett’s esophagus: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement (2017)

More guidelines dedicated to gastrointestinal endoscopy can be found on the ESGE homepage: http://www.esge.com/esge-guidelines.html

• European consensus on the histopathology of inflammatory bowel disease 2013


• European evidence based consensus for endoscopy in inflammatory bowel disease 2013


• European Evidence-based Consensus: Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Malignancies 2015
  
  
• Third European Evidence-based Consensus on the Diagnosis and Management of Crohn’s Disease 2016: Part 1: Diagnosis and Medical Management
  

• Third European Evidence-based Consensus on the Diagnosis and Management of Crohn’s Disease 2016: Part 2: Surgical Management and Special Situations
  
  
• Third European Evidence-based Consensus on Diagnosis and Management of Ulcerative Colitis 2017: Part 1: Definitions, Diagnosis, Extra-intestinal Manifestations, Pregnancy, Cancer Surveillance, Surgery, and Ileo-anal Pouch Disorders
  
  
• Third European Evidence-based Consensus on Diagnosis and Management of Ulcerative Colitis 2017: Part 2: Current Management

• More guidelines dedicated to inflammatory bowel disease can be found on the ECCO homepage:
  https://www.ecco-ibd.eu/index.php/publications/ecco-guidelines-science/published-ecco-guidelines.html

• Segnan N, Patnick J & von Karsa L, (eds.) (2010). European Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Colorectal Cancer Screening and Diagnosis - First Edition. European Commission, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.

The essentials of the European Guidelines that deal with pathology have been summarized in the following two publications:

• Quirke P, Risio M, Lambert R, von Karsa L, Vieth M. Quality assurance in pathology in colorectal cancer screening and diagnosis—European recommendations. Virchows Arch 2011; 458: 1-19.
• Vieth M, Quirke P, Lambert R, von Karsa L, Risio M. Annex to Quirke et al. Quality assurance in pathology in colorectal cancer screening and diagnosis: annotations of colorectal lesions. Virchows Arch 2011; 458: 21-30.

A recent publication on the European Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Colorectal Cancer Screening and Diagnosis including histopathology and various clinical aspects is available in a "Supplement to Endoscopy":

• https://www.thieme-connect.de/ejournals/issue/10.1055/s-002-23835