Organisation Overview
The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation, which unites clinical cancer research experts, throughout Europe, to define better treatments for cancer patients to prolong survival and improve quality of life. Spanning from translational to large, prospective, multi-centre, phase III clinical trials that evaluate new therapies and treatment strategies as well as patient quality of life, its activities are coordinated from EORTC Headquarters, a unique international clinical research infrastructure, based in Brussels, Belgium.
Our Mission
Improving cancer Patient Survival and Quality of Life – at the heart of EORTC’s research, since 1962.
Our Impact
Enabling and Delivering on Practice-Changing Clinical Cancer Research since 1962.
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Latest EORTC Press Releases
EORTC at the forefront of quality of life research at ISOQOL 2026
21 Oct 2026
Beyond survival: new CSO and EORTC recommendations call for better reporting of quality of life in adjuvant cancer trials
30 Sep 2026
EORTC Celebrates 10 Years of World Cancer Research Day with Her Majesty Queen Letizia of Spain and Her Royal Highness Princess Dina Mired of Jordan
23 Sep 2026
EORTC calls for a balanced and feasible European Health Data Space (EHDS)
8 Jul 2026
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The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation, which unites clinical cancer research experts, throughout Europe, to define better treatments for cancer patients to prolong survival and improve quality of life. Spanning from translational to large, prospective, multi-centre, phase III clinical trials that evaluate new therapies and treatment strategies as well as patient quality of life, its activities are coordinated from EORTC Headquarters, a unique international clinical research infrastructure, based in Brussels, Belgium.
For further information, please visit www.eortc.org.
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