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 
Past President:
A. Eggermont, Rotterdam 
Vice-president:
T. Tursz, Villejuif 
Secretary General:
P. Schöffski, Leuven
Treasurer:
C. Sternberg, Rome 
Chairman, Clinical Research Division:
R. Stupp, Lausanne 
Chairman, Laboratory Research Division:
F. Sweep, Nijmegen
Chairman, IDMC:
R. Kaplan, Leeds 
Chairman, Membership Committee:
A.T. van Oosterom, Leuven
Chairman, NDAC:
D. Cameron, Edinburgh
Chairman, Protocol Review Committee:
O.S. Nielsen, Aarhus 
Chairman, Quality Assurance Committee:
T. de Witte, Nijmegen
Chairman, Scientific Audit Committee:
J-C. Horiot, Dijon
Chairman, TRAC:
F. Sweep, Nijmegen
Director General:
Françoise Meunier, Brussels
Members:
M. Aapro, Genolier
T. Cufer, Ljubljana 
P. Hohenberger, Mannheim
J. Jassem, Gdańsk 
I. Judson, London
A. Spatz, Villejuif
H. van Poppel, Leuven
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
- European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer
- Academic Clinical Oncology & Radiobiology Research Network Maintains a database of EORTC trials in the UK
- Federation of European Cancer Societies
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