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International Association of Cancer Registries conference in September

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:38:00 +0200

International cancer registries are essential to cross-border multidisciplinary research and treatment. The 34th annual meeting of the International Association of Cancer Registries takes place this year in Cork, Ireland, in September.

EJC News: May 2012

Thu, 10 May 2012 16:26:00 +0200

Breast cancer researchers have been challenged to re-focus their efforts into the search for a hormonal treatment that could be given in early adulthood, potentially reducing women’s breast cancer risk for life.

Statistics report from EBCC-8 in Vienna

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:05:00 +0200

Have a look at the brand new statistics report about the conference. The report gives a quick and detailed overview of demographics, abstracts and social media, web site as well as App usage.

EJC News: April 2012

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:56:00 +0200

The European Commission has taken the first steps to reduce the time taken for national decisions on drug pricing and reimbursement in order to speed up patient access to innovative medicines.

ECCO Present at EBCC-8

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:14:00 +0100

ECCO- the European CanCer Organisation unveiled a brand new stand at the 8th European Breast Cancer Conference in Vienna, 21-24 March 2012. The stand features updated amenities, including a modern meeting room bordering a practical and inviting display area, on top of a stylish design.

EJC News: March 2012

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:13:00 +0100

A new body representing European researchers is to start work in Brussels this year. Comprised of Europe's largest national research and funding organisations, Science Europe aims to establish the scientific community as a voice in EU research policymaking, alongside governments and the European Commission.

EDUCATION: Elective Courses in Oncology for Medical Students open for applications

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:18:00 +0100

Yesterday the applications opened:
9-20 July 2012, Antwerp, Belgium
27 August - 7 September 2012, Poznan, Poland

NEWS: HeadSmart child brain tumour awareness initiative launched in Europe

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100

The new pan-European HeadSmart campaign has been launched today on Rare Disease Day, to raise awareness of the symptoms of brain tumours in children and young people. This formerly UK-based campaign is now set to be rolled out in other EU countries, through partnerships between patient groups and professionals.

NEWS: SIOPE/ENCCA Paediatric Oncology Case Studies

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:08:00 +0100

Since ECCO’s website re-launch last year we invite users to the new and exciting section of paediatric oncology case studies! Visit the first January case study here.

EJC News: February 2012

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:58:00 +0100

Debate about the benefits and harms of breast screening programmes, which has rumbled on for decades, has entered a new phase of scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic. In the UK, an independent review of the National Health Service (NHS)’s breast screening programme is due to report in the next few months

EVENTS: International Childhood Cancer Day event at the European Parliament

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100

ECCO Founding Member SIOP Europe (SIOPE) will mark International Childhood Cancer Day on 7 February 2012 at the European Parliament to raise awareness of child and adolescent cancer. Hosted by Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Mrs. Glenis Willmott (UK), this event involves a range of stakeholders involved in paediatric oncology and health policy issues to debate the many challenges childhood cancer presents and to jointly find a political pathway to instigate change.

NEWS: World Cancer Day - “Together let’s do something”

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:20:00 +0100

World Cancer Day takes place every year on 4 February and is the sole initiative under which the entire world can unite together in the fight against the rising cancer epidemic.

EVENTS: BTOC11 postponed until March 2013

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:16:00 +0100

It is with regret that the committee announces that the BTOC11 has been postponed until March 2013. Further details will be given at a later date.

NEWS: EuropaColon joins their US counterpart the Colon Cancer Alliance

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:49:00 +0100

As of 19 January EuropaColon joins their US counterpart the Colon Cancer Alliance, announcing the launch of a new global colorectal cancer patient advocacy organisation, the Global Colon Cancer Alliance.

NEWS: Cornelis van de Velde is new President of ECCO

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:57:00 +0100

Professor Michael Baumann proudly handed the presidency of ECCO – the European CanCer Organisation, to Professor Cornelis van de Velde on 1 January, 2012.

EJC News: January 2012

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:40:00 +0100

The European Commission has given its clearest indication yet of likely changes to the EU law governing clinical trials. Academia and the medical community is mobilising to make its voice heard as the Commission moves to fill in the detail...

PRESS RELEASE – Alliance for Biomedical Research in Europe

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:34:00 +0100

The BioMed Alliance issued a press statement just before the Christmas break on the creation of a group of experts to help the Alliance Executive Committee determine how they envisage the creation of a ‘European Council for Health Research’. It was circulated to the press on 22/12 by the European Respiratory Society, with ECCO representing the central contact point for any queries.

NEWS: GLOBOCAN 2008 Update - Cancer prevalence estimates are now available

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:34:00 +0100

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced earlier this month the availability of global cancer prevalence estimates through its GLOBOCAN 2008 website. Cancer prevalence helps provide information on resource needs for patients by measuring the absolute number and the relative proportion in populations of individuals living with the disease and potentially requiring some form of clinical or support service.

NEWS: Call for establishment of a ‘European Council for Health Research’

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:07:00 +0100

ECCO – the European CanCer Organisation has joined forces with 16 leading European biomedical research societies, representing approximately 200,000 researchers. Together they are calling for the establishment of a ‘European Council for Health Research’.

EVENTS: Statistics report from the 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress in Stockholm

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:15:00 +0100

There have been many successful outcomes and results from the 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress in Stockholm.

We have produced a full statistics report about the congress, to give you a quick and detailed overview regarding delegates demography, abstracts and social media, web as well as app usage.
We invite you to forward the report to colleagues and others within your personal network.

EVENTS: EACR launches new Congress mini-site

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:20:00 +0100

The European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) has launched a new website dedicated to their 22nd Biennial Congress in Barcelona, 7 – 10 July next year. Offering comprehensive information about this unique event, the ‘easy to navigate’ and user-friendly website will certainly ensure a positive experience for the visitor.

NEWS: EUCERD Recommendations on Rare Diseases Available

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:20:00 +0100

EVENTS: EBBC8 deadline for abstract submission coming up

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:58:00 +0100

The EBCC-8 abstract submission deadline is 15 November 2011.
Experience from previous years show that many authors wait to submit their abstract until few hours before deadline.
We kindly urge you to submit your abstract a few days before the deadline of 15 November 2011.

NEWS: Largest study on mobile phones and cancer finds no link

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:05:00 +0100

A team of Danish researchers have conducted one of the largest studies examining the possible connection between mobile phones and cancer based on 358,403 users aged 30 and over in Denmark from 1990 to 2007. No evidence of any link was found, suggesting that people who are always in the vicinity of their phones are not exposed to increased health concerns.

NEWS: Many women unaware of breast cancer risks

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:05:00 +0200

According to a study commissioned by the charity Breast Cancer Campaign, many women are ‘shockingly’ unaware that they are most at risk of breast cancer in older age. Findings shows that women over the age of 70 are most likely to be diagnosed with the disease but are also the least well informed about its dangers.

Chief executive of Breast Cancer Campaign, Baroness Delyth Morgan said: "It is extremely worrying that although age is the biggest risk factor when it comes to developing breast cancer, less than 2% of women are aware that women over 70 are most at risk." The majority of surveyed women mistakenly believed that the age group 40 – 59 were the most at risk of contracting the disease.

The study suggests that the age group most at risk is less likely to use their entitlement to routine breast screening than any other demographic and could be ignoring vital cancer warning signs. Reasons include having no family history of breast cancer, believing they were unlikely to get the disease at a certain age, and having transport difficulties.

NEWS: Publish your oncology event or job at the ECCO site

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:11:00 +0200

Got an oncology event, activity or job that you need to promote? ECCO-org.eu can help you. We offer oncology promotions to be displayed at our site - and that's for free. Get your event/activity/job promoted to the Onco community at large.

EVENTS: ECCO President introduces multidisciplinarity

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:33:00 +0200

For those of you who didn't get the chance to participate at the 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress, here is a short introduction about its theme: multidisciplinarity.

EVENTS: Webcasts and photos from The 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress available as of now

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:11:00 +0200

See the webcasts here (you need to login as congress delegate, or register to get access)
Browse thru the photos here (we are adding more day by day)
Also many videos from the congress by ecancer.tv here

EVENTS: Posters now online - from The 2011 European
Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:49:00 +0200

EVENTS: Statistics and figures after 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:39:00 +0200

The 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress is over with successful results.

Find below an overview of number of congress participants and where they came from.
Further below we present key numbers and figures of online activities during the congress: website, app, social media etc.

EVENTS: Patient involvement in the design, conduct and dissemination of clinical trials

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:00:00 +0200

NEWS: Facelift for ECCO Website

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:05:00 +0200

The ECCO website has undergone a full revamp to improve the design, structure and navigation, while at the same time increasing awareness about its activities and deliverables in the field of oncology.

NEWS: Rethinking ovarian cancer: researchers look beyond ovaries for cause

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200

A groundbreaking study by researchers in Montreal suggests ovarian cancer actually begins in the Fallopian tubes in healthy women and can be successfully treated before it reaches the ovaries.

NEWS: The role of European cancer registries is to be debated at a unique oncopolicy event in Brussels

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200

NEWS: Should Exercise be Part of Standard Cancer Care?

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0200

A report recently published by Macmillan Cancer Support recommends that patients receiving cancer treatment should do two and a half hours of physical exercise every week. According to Professor Robert Thomas "You can reduce the chances of cancer recurrence if you continue to exercise," as research shows that exercise can reduce the risk of dying from cancer and minimise the side effects of treatment.

NEWS: ECCO Presidents Page Julys news about ECCO from Michael Baumann

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0200

In this month’s edition: ECCO’s efforts to promote multidisciplinary collaboration

NEWS: Countdown to the UN Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases: What Can You Do?

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0200

The UN Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) will be held in New York on 19-20 September 2011. Coming ten years after the UN General Assembly on HIV/AIDS, the UN Summit on NCDs provides an extraordinary opportunity to unite the global community in addressing this serious threat to health and development.

NEWS: Danish Cancer Society flooded by heavy rain

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:06:00 +0200

18 years of research lost, due to damage to the cooling systems caused by storm. Large amounts of rain and sewage poured into the basement housing of the Cancer Society’s large biobank. The current situation could have disastrous consequences for the world's cancer research and for the people affected by cancer. The water flooded the cabinets of millions of valuable tissue specimens and living cells that would have saved lives through research and treatment.

NEWS: How to improve end-of-life care in Europe

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0200

The May issue of the EJC News features an article on a major challenge facing the European Union in the upcoming years: end-of-life-care.

Cancer specialists have presented policymakers in Brussels with a European research agenda to better support end-of-life care for patients. The agenda is the result of a three-year pan-European collaboration on palliative care and a response to the increasing cancer mortality rate predicted by the World Health Organisation.

NEWS: MRI Use in the EU to be clarified through new European Commission draft legislation

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

The European Commission has exempted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology from the exposure limits in the revision of the Directive on electromagnetic fields. This is a new proposal which is part of the Commission’s health and safety legislation to protect workers. Balancing the health of workers without hampering new research and development in MRI is central to this new draft legislation.

NEWS: Oncovideos Launches

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

ECCO is proud to announce the launch of Oncovideos - Developing Vocational Skills in Oncology through e-Learning. The project’s aim is to assist in the delivery of continuing medical education to health professionals wanting to develop and acquire practical vocational skills in oncology. Featuring an online library of 24 educational videos, Oncovideos provides an innovative multidisciplinary educational platform for oncologists in Europe requiring practice-oriented training.

NEWS: British journalists win joint first prize for excellence in cancer journalism

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

The European School of Oncology’s (ESO) Best Cancer Reporter Award for 2011 was won by British journalists Mark Henderson and Victoria Lambert.

NEWS: Pathways Project - Tackling Delays in Brain Tumour Diagnosis in Children and Young People in the UK

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

This topic has dominated public awareness linked to brain tumours in children and young people in the UK media and Parliament over the past decade. Patient and parent groups, clinicians and politicians repeatedly express concern that avoidable delays occur prior to the diagnosis of a brain tumour.

NEWS: Mobile Phones Possibly Carcinogenic to Humans

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B), based on an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer, associated with wireless phone use.

NEWS: OECI Quality Certificate for Five European Cancer Centres

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

OECI - Organisation of European Cancer Institutes will give a quality certificate to five cancer centres in Europe. These cancer centres meet the quality criteria, and they have presented structures and culture to work continuously on quality improvement.

NEWS: New online resource to empower cancer patients

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) has launched a new online service which offers cancer patients a wide range of reference resources, including accurate information on evidence-based cancer treatments in a language that can be easily understood.

NEWS: Cancer Survival in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Central America

Sat, 28 May 2011 00:00:00 +0200

NEWS: ECCO pushes for new effort on EU research

Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 +0200

EVENTS: Advance Programme for EBCC-8 ready for download

Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 +0200

NEWS: Can singing in a choir really improve the health and well-being of cancer patients? Dr Ian Lewis comments for ECCO’s Patient Information

Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 +0200

News

International Association of Cancer Registries conference in September

EJC News: May 2012

Statistics report from EBCC-8 in Vienna

EJC News: April 2012

ECCO Present at EBCC-8

EJC News: March 2012

EDUCATION: Elective Courses in Oncology for Medical Students open for applications

NEWS: HeadSmart child brain tumour awareness initiative launched in Europe

NEWS: SIOPE/ENCCA Paediatric Oncology Case Studies

EJC News: February 2012

EVENTS: International Childhood Cancer Day event at the European Parliament

NEWS: World Cancer Day - “Together let’s do something”

EVENTS: BTOC11 postponed until March 2013

NEWS: EuropaColon joins their US counterpart the Colon Cancer Alliance

NEWS: Cornelis van de Velde is new President of ECCO

EJC News: January 2012

PRESS RELEASE – Alliance for Biomedical Research in Europe

NEWS: GLOBOCAN 2008 Update - Cancer prevalence estimates are now available

NEWS: Call for establishment of a ‘European Council for Health Research’

EVENTS: Statistics report from the 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress in Stockholm

EVENTS: EACR launches new Congress mini-site

NEWS: EUCERD Recommendations on Rare Diseases Available

EVENTS: EBBC8 deadline for abstract submission coming up

NEWS: Largest study on mobile phones and cancer finds no link

NEWS: Many women unaware of breast cancer risks

NEWS: Publish your oncology event or job at the ECCO site

EVENTS: ECCO President introduces multidisciplinarity

EVENTS: Webcasts and photos from The 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress available as of now

EVENTS: Posters now online - from The 2011 EuropeanMultidisciplinary Cancer Congress

EVENTS: Statistics and figures after 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress

EVENTS: Patient involvement in the design, conduct and dissemination of clinical trials

NEWS: Facelift for ECCO Website

NEWS: Rethinking ovarian cancer: researchers look beyond ovaries for cause

NEWS: The role of European cancer registries is to be debated at a unique oncopolicy event in Brussels

NEWS: Should Exercise be Part of Standard Cancer Care?

NEWS: ECCO Presidents Page Julys news about ECCO from Michael Baumann

NEWS: Countdown to the UN Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases: What Can You Do?

NEWS: Danish Cancer Society flooded by heavy rain

NEWS: How to improve end-of-life care in Europe

NEWS: MRI Use in the EU to be clarified through new European Commission draft legislation

NEWS: Oncovideos Launches

NEWS: British journalists win joint first prize for excellence in cancer journalism

NEWS: Pathways Project - Tackling Delays in Brain Tumour Diagnosis in Children and Young People in the UK

NEWS: Mobile Phones Possibly Carcinogenic to Humans

NEWS: OECI Quality Certificate for Five European Cancer Centres

NEWS: New online resource to empower cancer patients

NEWS: Cancer Survival in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Central America

NEWS: ECCO pushes for new effort on EU research

EVENTS: Advance Programme for EBCC-8 ready for download

NEWS: Can singing in a choir really improve the health and well-being of cancer patients? Dr Ian Lewis comments for ECCO’s Patient Information

EVENTS: Posters now online - from The 2011 European
Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress