This past July, the EORTC 26053-22054 trial, the CATNON Intergroup trial, was activated in North America by the RTOG (Radiation Therapy Oncology Group).
This past June, Monia Ouali completed a two year fellowship in the Statistics Department at EORTC Headquarters. This fellowship supported by the EORTC Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group allowed Ms. Ouali, under the supervision of Dr.
In a paper by Andrew Bottomley et al.
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) is a rare disease with an incidence on the order of one to two persons in 100 000.
The EORTC Brain Tumor and Radiation Oncology Groups 26082 – 22081 trial has been accepted for the pilot phase of the Voluntary Harmonisation Procedure (VHP) for the assessment of multinational Clinical Trial Applications by the European Union Hea
The EORTC Radiation Oncology and Genito-Urinary Tract Cancer Groups reported results of the EORTC 22961 trial on long term or short term androgen suppression combined with irradiation in locally advanced prostate cancer in a paper by Bolla et al.
Five years ago, the conduct of clinical trials according to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) principles was introduced as a European Union regulatory requirement by the Clinical Trial Directive 2001/20/EC. However, despite overall commitment and best intentions to apply these requirements in clinical trials, monitoring, audits and inspections regularly find complexity and lack of harmonization of varying levels of severity.
In 2009, the Pezcoller-ECCO Recognition for Contribution to Oncology will be presented to Doctor Françoise Meunier for her outstanding contribution as a scientific leader and mentor. The award ceremonies will be held in Rovereto, Italy, on Friday
Election of the new EORTC Board will be held during the EORTC General Assembly meeting to be held on 19 June 2009 at EORTC Headquarters. Results of this election will be reported here in the EORTC Newsletter following the election.
This past March 2009 the EORTC website was certified by HONcode, a code of ethical conduct established by the Health On the Net (HON) Foundation.
