Welcome to the Newsletter of the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes!
We aim in these Newsletters to keep you informed of the news and current affairs of the organisation, and to further involve our member centres in its growth and development.
In this News Bulletin, learn more about the latest Edition of the OECI Oncology Days, which took place on June 15 - 17, 2022 in Valencia, Spain.
Scroll down to access the Special Issue of the OECI Magazine which focuses on excellent practices identified through the OECI A&D process.
Finally, save the date and register to attend the summer school in translational cancer research organised by Cancer Core Europe on 15 - 22 October.
Welcome to this special Issue of the OECI Magazine: Excellence in Cancer Care and Research, which focuses on excellent practices identified in centres through the OECI A&D process.
The OECI Magazine is an independent source brought to you by the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes.
The Magazine publishes articles featuring news in the field of cancer, a glimpse behind the scenes of OECI and additional topics of interest for the European cancer community.
Current Issue Highlights
Introduction to the OECI A&D Excellent Practices exercise Jean-Benoît Burrion | Chair of the OECI A&D Board
The ultimate mission of OECI is to bring together cancer care and research institutions from all over Europe with a view to form a cooperative society, where mutual questioning, sharing of experiences and information, exchange of visions, successes, failures and expectations can help its members to better fulfill their missions and serve the community...
COVID-19 has brought together researchers across borders and disciplines. Driven by medical need and competetive pressure, large consortia have formed, some organizing more than a thousand researchers. While large scale collaboration comes with great opportunities, it also raises many questions. How can we organize our communication to always address the most relevant people? How can we balance our procedures between inclusion, speed, and quality? How can we build trust that everyone will be treated fairly and not only serve as a data and sample donor? How can we honor contributions in large scale consortia scientifically? This talk will present what we tried in three large COVID-19 consortia and how that went.
EC Projects | Integrated and Standardised NGS Workflow for Personalised Therapy
This is an EU-funded Pre-Commercial Procurement project (PCP) for improving cancer patient’s benefit by developing an integrated and standardized NGS workflow for common and rare cancers in adults and children.
