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European Cancer Organisation
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Welcome! From here you can access useful information and resources from the European Cancer Organisation, its European Cancer Summit 2022, Member Societies, Patient Advocacy Groups and Community...
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Welcome! From here you can access useful information and resources from the European Cancer Organisation, its European Cancer Summit 2022, Member Societies, Patient Advocacy Groups and Community 365.
European Cancer Organisation
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Kathy Oliver is Chair and founding Co-Director of theInternational Brain Tumour Alliance(IBTA), a global network...
Kathy Oliver is Chair and founding Co-Director of theInternational Brain Tumour Alliance(IBTA), a global network founded in 2005 as a dynamic worldwide community for brain tumour patient organisations and others involved in the field of neuro-oncology. Through the IBTA, Kathy is involved in advocating for equitable access to new brain tumour therapies; encouraging the establishment of brain tumour patient and carer support groups in countries where they don’t yet exist; and raising awareness of the challenges associated with this devastating disease. Kathy also participates in a range of high-level projects and committees addressing brain tumour and rare cancer issues in Europe. She is a frequent plenary and session speaker at international neuro-oncology and cancer conferences. She serves as one of two patient advocates representing Rare Diseases Europe (EURORDIS) on the recently-established European Commission Expert Group on Cancer Control. Kathy was the Patient Issues Editor on the Editorial Board for the online magazine of the European Association of Neuro-Oncology (EANO), and is on the organising committee of Rare Cancers Europe (RCE). She is Vice-Chair of the European CanCer Organisation Patient Advisory Committee (ECCO PAC) and is also a member of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Patient Advocacy Working Group (PAWG). Kathy participated in the British Neuro Oncology Society’s National Guidelines Group for Rare Brain and CNS Tumours and on the Rare Disease UK Working Group on Patient Care and Information. She is a founder member/former board member of Cancer52, the UK umbrella group for 80 rare cancer organisations and serves on the NCRI (UK) Brain Tumour Clinical Studies Group sub group on Palliative Care and Quality of Life. Kathy is also a consumer representative for the Cochrane Neuro-Oncology Group (UK) and is a member of the Council of the British Neuro-Oncology Society (BNOS). Additionally, she is the Co-Chair of the Project Advisory Board for the European Patients’ Academy on Therapeutic Innovation (EUPATI). Kathy is an ex-freelance journalist and edits the IBTA’s annual magazine,Brain Tumour, of which approximately 14,000 copies are printed and distributed for free to recipients in 111 countries and at neuro-oncology and cancer conferences.
Immediate Past-President, European Cancer Organisation (ECO) Matti Aapro is member of the Board of Directors of the...
Immediate Past-President, European Cancer Organisation (ECO) Matti Aapro is member of the Board of Directors of the Genolier Cancer Center, Genolier, Switzerland and Immediate Past-President of the European Cancer Organisation. He received his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland and was a fellow at the Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson, Arizona, USA. He was the founding chair of the Medical and Radiation Therapy Department at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan. Dr. Aapro is presently Executive Board member of the European School of Oncology (ESO). He leads the Sharing Progress in Cancer Care (SPCC) not-for-profit association. He serves the International Society for Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) as Executive Board Member. He is past-President of the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC). He is President of Honour of the French-speaking Society for Supportive Care (AFSOS), as well as Advisor to the Japanese Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (JASCC). He has been member of the Board of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) and of the Board of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO). Dr. Aapro chaired the scientific and organizing committees of UICC’s (International Union against Cancer) World Cancer Congress of 2008 in Geneva, and 2010 in Shenzhen (China). He is a member of the ESMO Faculty and chaired the ESMO 2018 Supportive/Palliative Care track. Dr. Aapro is Honorary Editor of Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, and editor of the Journal of Cancer Policy as well as Associate Editor for the geriatric section of the Oncologist. He is also founding editor of the Journal of Geriatric Oncology. He is past Associate Editor for Annals of Oncology, continuing on its editorial board, and member of several other editorial boards including CancerWorld. He has authored more than 350 publications and his major interests are new drug development, breast cancer, cancer in the elderly, and supportive care. Dr. Aapro is Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Tampere (2013) and Honorary Member of the Russian Society for Clinical Oncology (RUSSCO)(2016). He has received the 2010 Acta Oncologica Award, the 2012 ASCO B.J. Kennedy prize and the MASCC Distinguished Services Award (2016).
A co-chair at European Cancer Summit 2021 And Board Member, European Cancer Organisation. Features in 3 videos on...
A co-chair at European Cancer Summit 2021 And Board Member, European Cancer Organisation. Features in 3 videos on Wondr Medical. Theresa Wiseman generally speaks on Oncology, Cancer Patients, Oncology: Webinar, and Health Policy.
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