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
Long-term EORTC trial challenges assumptions about lymph node radiation therapy in breast cancer
17 May 2026
SISAQOL-IMI consortium publishes key paper and launches online materials to advance patient-reported outcomes in cancer clinical trials
25 Nov 2025
New results and forthcoming trials presented at ESMO 2025 underline EORTC’s commitment to patient-centred research
21 Oct 2025
New policy review highlights the importance of health-related quality of life in advanced cancer
2 Sep 2025
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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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