News 20 June 2018 5th European Roundtable Meeting Report just released On 4 May 2018, participants from European organisations met in Berlin for the fifth in a series of European Roundtable Meetings focussing sharing best practice for improvement of cancer care. Header Paragraph The 2018 roundtable focused discussions around the interplay between basic cancer research, early phase clinical studies and large phase III trials and particularly, asking the question: What next to addressing the challenge of translating research findings in selected patient populations to routine use for all patients? Organised in collaboration between the German Cancer Society (DKG – Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft)and the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), the event included representatives from the following organisations: Association of European Cancer Leagues, Europe The Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients and Friends, Nicosia, Cyprus European Commission, Luxembourg National Institute of Public Health, Ljubljana, Slovenia European Partnership for Action Against Cancer / Catalonian Cancer Strategy, Spain Cancer Center Karolinska, Stockholm, Sweden Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), Global Erasmus MC Rotterdam, The Netherlands NHS England / The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom German Cancer Society, Berlin, Germany The University Tumor Centre Jena, Germany German Tumor Centres Work Group, Berlin, Germany German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany University Medical Center Regensburg, Caritas-Hospital St. Josef, Regensburg, Germany Haus der Krebsselbsthilfe Bundesverband e.V., Bonn, Germany The keynote presentations framed the issue from three perspectives: that of patient advocates, a state of the art comprehensive cancer campus in the United Kingdom (UK) and a German national White Paper which proposes a role for translational cancers centres to respond to this deficit in health care processes. Participants then deepened discussion of common challenges and the need to shape a future model that facilitates more rapid uptake of innovation into routine cancer care, harnesses clinical data to drive basic research and also generates new hypotheses for improvement of standards of care. Download the full report here Click here for more information about the European Roundtable meetings and past reports. Tags ERTM roundtable meeting DKG Research innovation oncology care best practice Last update Friday 07 June 2019 Share this page
