Annual report 2017

Personalised medicine alliance

ESTRO was invited to participate in the first European Alliance for Personalised Medicine (EAPM) Congress, in November 2017 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. ESTRO’s representative took part in the panel discussion on shaping EU policy on lung cancer screening and planning for implementation across Europe.

Marian Harkin, Member of the European Parliament, speaking during a session of the EAPM

ESTRO has developed its collaboration with the European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE) under the framework of joint EU-wide action on rare cancers, for which SIOPE is managing one of the work packages focusing on paediatric oncology. ESTRO’s experts are part of the research group. European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE) and rare cancers

European network for rare adult solid cancer (EURACAN) associate partner

ESTRO became an associate partner of the European network for Rare adult solid Cancer (EURACAN), ensuring that the radiation oncology perspective is included in the network working groups. An ESTRO expert takes part in the EURACAN general meeting.

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