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Annals of Oncology 2008 19(8):1367-1368; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn425
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society for Medical Oncology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

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Creating a stronger front against cancer: ESMO and ECCO join forces

On behalf of ESMO and José Baselga

ESMO President, Department of Oncology, University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

(E-mail: jbaselga@vhebron.net)

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These are exciting times for European oncology. While cancer continues to be a leading cause of death and suffering [1], recent advances in multiple areas of research are bringing reasonable hope that we may be able to turn the tide and make real progress in the fight against cancer in the near future. Such hope comes attached with a responsibility for the cancer community and its key stakeholders, including national governments, the European Commission, universities, cancer researchers, physicians and other health specialists, patients, the general public, and equally important, our professional cancer societies.

In this regard, at European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) we are involved in a dynamic process of redefining . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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