Committees

Committees of the Board

Several Committees oversee EORTC’s strategy and independence as well as the relevance and scientific value of all research efforts, ensuring scientific work meets highest quality standards. Each EORTC Committee Chair is selected to serve a three-year term which may be renewed upon recommendation by the EORTC Board

The Audit and Financial Committee (AC/FC)

The Audit and Financial Committee’s responsibilities include assisting the Board of the EORTC and the EORTC Cancer Research Fund, respectively, in their financial management. The AC/FC is an advisory voice for the Organisation’s long-term financial management principles and budgeting and financial reporting processes. The Committee ensures strong recommendations to the Board on financial matters.
The AC/FC hires, dismisses, and supervises auditors.

The Nominating Committee (NC)

The Nominating Committee acts as an advisory Committee to the Board regarding appointments of the President of the Board, the CEO, and the CFO. It also safeguards that the Organisation has formal, rigorous, and transparent procedures to support these decisions. The NC is chaired by the President in charge and is composed of the three Past Presidents.

The Executive Committee (ExCo)

The Executive Committee may be conducted upon need to expedite critical decisions. It expedites matters which require actions in between plenary Board meetings. It is not predefined, and participants are selected among the Board Members depending on the nature of the issues to be discussed.

The Scientific Audit Committee (SAC)

The Scientific Audit Committee gives independent advice to the EORTC Board and to the Scientific Chairs Council on the activities, scientific output, overall priorities and strategies of the EORTC. The SAC evaluates the effectiveness of research programmes and makes suggestions to strengthen the EORTC’s overall functioning. The SAC also serves as an advisory body to the EORTC Board to appoint Group leadership. The Committee’s Members represent a cross-section of international opinion leaders and experts, half of whom have no other EORTC involvement.

SAC Members

  • E. Eisenhauer - Kingston, CA

    CHAIR

    Queen’s University

  • L. Kachnic - New-York, US

    SECRETARY

  • R. Bristow - Manchester, GB

    MEMBER

    University Professor of Cancer Studies, Director of MCRC

  • L. Ellis - Houston, US

    MEMBER

    MD Anderson Cancer Center

  • J. Jassem - Gdansk, PL

    MEMBER

    Medical University Of Gdansk

  • D. Lacombe - Brussels, BE

    MEMBER

    EORTC Headquarters

  • J. Radford - Manchester, GB

    MEMBER

    The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

  • E. Rutgers - Amsterdam, NL

    MEMBER

    The Netherlands Cancer Institute
    Antoni van Leeuwenhoekziekenhuis

  • M. Stockler - Sydney, AU

    MEMBER

    NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre Medicine

  • P. Fumoleau - Paris, FR

    MEMBER

    Institut Curie

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The Fundraising Committee

The Fundraising Committee is in charge of establishing a fundraising strategy to serve the mission and the scientific strategy of the Organisation. It is also responsible for coordinating the efforts to implement the fundraising strategy. The latter includes, but is not limited to, direct solicitation of donors, identification and coordination of fundraising opportunities such as campaign development and exploiting the fundraising expertise present in the Organisation. The Fundraising Committee works in close collaboration with the Organisation’s fundraising officer and the CEO to avoid duplication of work and ensure efficiency.

The Scientific Councils

The Scientific Chairs Council (SCC)

The Scientific Chairs Council drives the scientific agenda of the Organisation and ensures an adequate scientific projects portfolio balance in order to fulfil its mission. It acts as a cross-Group exchange facilitator and ensures common functioning rules across Groups (management, appropriate distribution for studies, place of Early Career Investigators, …). It is the link between the EORTC network and other EORTC governance bodies. It establishes the principles of the EORTC’s scientific strategy and the prioritisation criteria which go with it. It is composed of the Chairs of the Groups and Task Forces. The details of its functioning are regulated by a Charter.

SCC Chairs

  • B. Besse - Villejuif, FR

    CHAIR

    Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus

  • M. Weller - Zurich, CH

    VICE CHAIR

    Universitätsspital Zürich

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The Radiation Oncology Science Council (ROSC)

The Radiation Oncology Science Council was created as a think tank to stimulate exchanges among the EORTC Disease-Oriented Groups network and to identify new areas of research in radiation therapy. The ROSC benefits of the contribution of members of the European SocieTy for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO), ensuring the link with the larger radiation oncology community.
It actively promotes radiation therapy both within the EORTC and beyond.
It acts as a reference for radiotherapy (RT) for the EORTC, including for the Disease-Oriented Groups and the EORTC Board, and the radiation therapy quality assurance community.
It will identify and define radiation oncology research questions and support ongoing EORTC activity in the field of radiation therapy.
It will represent the EORTC when called upon to encourage the development and implementation of RT initiatives both nationally and internationally.

ROSC Members

  • P. Ost - Antwerp, BE

    CHAIR

    GZA Ziekenhuizen

  • Y. Lievens - Gent, BE

    MEMBER

    Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent

  • M. Guckenberger - Zurich, CH

    MEMBER

    UniversitaetsSpital Zurich

  • S. Lukacova - Aarhus , DK

    MEMBER

    Aarhus University Hospital

  • F. Dhermain - Villejuif, FR

    MEMBER

    Gustave Roussy

  • C. Faivre-Finn - Manchester, GB

    MEMBER

    The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

  • A. Levy - Villejuif, FR

    MEMBER

    Gustave Roussy

  • P. Dirix - Wilrijk, BE

    MEMBER

    GasthuisZusters Antwerpen - Sint-Augustinus

  • E. Orlandi - Pavia, IT

    MEMBER

    entro Nazionale di Adroterapia Oncoloica par il trattamento dei tumori

  • E. Ozsahin - Lausanne, CH

    MEMBER

    Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois - Lausanne

  • I. Meattini - Firenze, IT

    MEMBER

    Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi

  • T. Marinko - Ljubljana, SI

    MEMBER

    The Institute Of Oncology

  • J. Stelmes - Zurich, CH

    MEMBER

    UniversitaetsSpital Zurich

  • R. Haas - Amsterdam, NL

    MEMBER

    The Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni Van Leeuwenhoekziekenhuis

  • K. Haustermans - Leuven, BE

    MEMBER

    U.Z. Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg

  • E. Deutsch - Villejuif, FR

    MEMBER

    Gustave Roussy

  • F. Herrera - Lausanne, CH

    MEMBER

    Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

  • P. Meijnders - Antwerp, BE

    MEMBER

    Iridium Cancer Network Antwerp/GZA

  • R. Cowan - Manchester, GB

    MEMBER

    The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

  • J. Verhoeff - Utrecht, NL

    MEMBER

    UMC-Academisch Ziekenhuis Utrecht

  • G. Ingrosso - Perugia, IT

    MEMBER

    University of Perugia and Perugia General Hospital

  • N. Reynaert - Brussels, BE

    MEMBER

    Institut Jules Bordet-Hopital Universitaire ULB

  • C. Hurkmans - Eindhoven, NL

    MEMBER

    Catharina Ziekenhuis

  • M. Walczak - Kielce, PL

    MEMBER

  • N. Andratschke - Zurich, CH

    MEMBER

    UniversitaetsSpital Zurich

  • E. Rivin del Campo - Paris, FR

    MEMBER

    Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris - Hopital Tenon

  • B. Fournier - Brussels, BE

    MEMBER

    EORTC Headquarters

  • E. Clementel - Brussels, BE

    MEMBER

    EORTC Headquarters

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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

The Chief Executive Officer operationalises the overarching strategy as defined by the Board and the appropriate deployment of the Organisation in the global landscape and represents the whole EORTC Organisation at the Board as ex-officio non-voting Member. The CEO provides support to the functioning of all Board-related Committees, as well as for the PRC/TRAC and the IDMC. The CEO’s full roles and responsibilities are also governed by a Charter.

Operational Committees

The Operational Committees ensure the scientific and methodological validity of EORTC activities. They operate under independent processes. The Protocol Review Committee (PRC) is the central organ giving clearance for the new prospective clinical research programs. The PRC evaluates the projects in light of the EORTC scientific strategy and its prioritisation criteria as defined by the Scientific Chairs Council and approved by the Board.

Protocol Review Committee (PRC) and Translational Research Review Committee (TRAC)

The Protocol Review Committee is an independent standing Committee that will review a selection of proposed studies based on the submitted protocol synopsis, and assess their scientific value as defined in the EORTC project portfolio management process. The PRC comprises international experts in all disciplines of oncology.

PRC Members

  • R. Schilsky - Alexandria, US

    CHAIR

    American Society of Clinical Oncology

  • L. Siu - Toronto, CA

    VICE CHAIR

    University Health Network - Oci / Princess Margaret Hospital

  • H. J. Burstein - South Weymouth, US

    MEMBER

    Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center in clinical affiliation with South Shore Hospital

  • M. Carducci - Broadway, US

    MEMBER

    Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • E. Galanis - Minnesota, US

    MEMBER

  • M. Garassino - Chicago, US

    MEMBER

    The University of Chicago Medicine

  • M. Gönen - New-York, US

    MEMBER

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr

  • F. Hodi - Boston, US

    MEMBER

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

  • C. Le Tourneau - Paris, FR

    MEMBER

    Institut Curie

  • A. Sobrero - Genova, IT

    MEMBER

    Ospedale San Martino / Cliniche Universitarie Convenzionale

  • M. Tempero - San Francisco, US

    MEMBER

    University of California San Francisco

  • M. Verheij - Nijmegen, NL

    MEMBER

    Radboud University

  • J. Verweij - Brussels, BE

    MEMBER

    Cancer Drug Development Forum

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The Translational Research Advisory Committee ensures the scientific relevance of the translational research in incoming study proposals. It is therefore supportive of the PRC to achieve its evaluations. The TRAC also reviews research projects that are conducted on existing data and human biological material collections.

TRAC Members

  • D. Hayes - Michigan, US

    CHAIR

    University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • S. Tejpar - Leuven, BE

    PAST CHAIR

    U.Z. Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg

  • R. Herbst - New Haven, US

    MEMBER

    Yale Cancer Center

  • E. Scott Kopetz - Texas, US

    MEMBER

    MD Anderson

  • T. Lively - Maryland, US

    MEMBER

    National Cancer Institut

  • K. Margolin - Seattle, US

    MEMBER

    Fred Hutchison Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

  • S. Michiels - Villejuif, FR

    MEMBER

    Gustave Roussy

  • F. Penault Lorca - Clermont-Ferrand, FR

    MEMBER

    Centre Jean Perrin

  • P. Schöffski - Leuven, BE

    MEMBER

    U.Z. Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg

  • D. Solit - New-York, US

    MEMBER

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr

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Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC)

The Independent Data Monitoring Committee conducts interim reviews of EORTC studies and intergroup studies where the EORTC is the coordinating Group (including studies conducted in partnership with the pharmaceutical industry). EORTC values patient perspective and since 2021, patient representatives are members of the IDMC.

The IDMC makes recommendations on whether or not to pursue or adapt a clinical trial based on scientific, ethical, statistical or safety considerations.

IDMC Members

  • E. Calvo - Madrid, ES

    CHAIR

    START Madrid

  • G. Griffiths - Southampton, GB

    MEMBER

    Southampton Clinical Trials Unit, University of Southampton

  • D. Zips - Tübingen, DE

    MEMBER

    University Hospital Tübingen

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The permanent IDMC for EORTC studies functions according to a Charter and a Policy. 
All communication with the IDMC should be addressed in writing to IDMCsec@eortc.org.

Groups and Task Forces

The EORTC Network is composed of all Groups and Task Forces. They conduct translational research and/or clinical trials on all types of cancers using a multidisciplinary approach, working according to compatible Standards of Conduct and in compliance with the Organisation’s statutes. The leadership of the different Groups and Task Forces is voted by their respective members, who are Active EORTC Members.