In January 2022, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted its Guidelines 01/2022 on data subject rights – Right of access. The Guidelines play an important role for clinical trials sponsors as they provide practical advice on how data controllers should address data subjects’ (patients) requests to exercise the right of access provided under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). As an independent, non-profit cancer research organisation, the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) has been active in sharing its decades of experience in the field. The EORTC submitted detailed feedback on the new Guidelines during the public consultation period. Our contribution can be found here: EORTC response to EDPB Guidelines on Right of Access.

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European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) – International Society of Cutaneous Lymphoma (ISCL) and consensus recommendations for the treatment of primary cutaneous CD30-positive lymphoproliferative disorders: lymphomatoid papulosis and primary cutaneous anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. Werner Kempf, Katrin Pfaltz, Maarten H. Vermeer, et al. Blood 2011;118:4024-4035.

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Guidelines for target volume definition in post-operative radiotherapy for prostate cancer, on behalf of the EORTC Radiation Oncology Group. Poortmans P, Bossi A, Vandeputte K et al. Radiother Oncol 2007;84:121-127.

EORTC Guidelines for the use of erythropoetic proteins in anaemic patients with cancer: 2006 update. C. Bokemeyer, M.S. Aapro, A. Courdi, J. Foubert, H. Link, A. Österborg, L. Repetto, P. Soubeyran. Eur J Cancer 2007; 43(2):258-270.

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EORTC consensus recommendations for the treatment of mycosis fungoides/Sezary syndrome. Trautinger F, Knobler R, Willemze R, et al. Eur J Cancer 2006;42(8):1014-1030.

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