EORTC

The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer or EORTC is an international non-profit organisation that develops, coordinates and stimulates cancer laboratory and clinical research in Europe. The mission of the EORTC is to improve the standard of cancer treatment and to facilitate the passage of experimental discoveries into state-of-the–art treatment.

About 2500 cancer specialists at more than 300 institutions around Europe work together within the EORTC organization. About 100 different EORTC clinical trials reach 6 500 new patients every year.

The EORTC headquarter is located in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert/Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Brussels, Belgium.

Board 2006 - 2009

President:
M. Piccart, Brussels flagicon|Belgium Past President:
A. Eggermont, Rotterdam flagicon|Netherlands Vice-president:
T. Tursz, Villejuif flagicon|France Secretary General:
P. Schöffski, Leuven flagicon|Belgium Treasurer:
C. Sternberg, Rome flagicon|Italy Chairman, Clinical Research Division:
R. Stupp, Lausanne flagicon|Switzerland Chairman, Laboratory Research Division:
F. Sweep, Nijmegen flagicon|The Netherlands Chairman, IDMC:
R. Kaplan, Leeds flagicon|UK Chairman, Membership Committee:
A.T. van Oosterom, Leuven flagicon|Belgium Chairman, NDAC:
D. Cameron, Edinburgh flagicon|UK Chairman, Protocol Review Committee:
O.S. Nielsen, Aarhus flagicon|Denmark Chairman, Quality Assurance Committee:
T. de Witte, Nijmegen flagicon|Netherlands Chairman, Scientific Audit Committee:
J-C. Horiot, Dijon flagicon|France Chairman, TRAC:
I. Stratford, Manchester flagicon|UK

Director General:
Françoise Meunier, Brussels flagicon|Belgium Members:
M. Aapro, Genolier flagicon|Switzerland
T. Cufer, Ljubljana flagicon|Slovenia
P. Hohenberger, Mannheim flagicon|Denmark
J. Jassem, Gdańsk flagicon|Poland
I. Judson, London flagicon|UK
A. Spatz, Villejuif flagicon|France
H. van Poppel, Leuven flagicon|Belgium

See also

* International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
* National Cancer Institute (USA)
* Federation of European Cancer Societies (FECS)
* Breast International Group (BIG)
* European Medicines Agency (EMEA)
* Clinical trial protocol
* Ethics Committee
* Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
* Oncology

External links

* [http://www.eortc.be/ European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer]
* [http://www.acorrn.org Academic Clinical Oncology & Radiobiology Research Network] Maintains a database of EORTC trials in the UK
* [http://www.fecs.be/emc.asp/ Federation of European Cancer Societies]