title: Moving the boundaries of international collaboration on clinical trials and QoL: experiences in oncology and legislation within the European Parliament.
abstract: The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer undertook another successful event with their third annual conference addressing quality of life matters in cancer clinical trials. More than 40 presentations were made over a 3-day period hosted at the European Parliament on 17-20 October 2012, in Brussels. The conference managed to get speakers and policy makers together to debate all the key issues in cancer clinical trials, design and reporting, including future policy and regulatory concerns. This meeting set the stage for future research and policy meetings to give greater visibility to quality of life as an outcome in clinical trials within the world of EU legislators.
authors: EORTC, Avenue Mounier, 83/11,1200 Brussels, Belgium. andrew.bottomley@eortc.be
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Bottomley
authors: Tony
authors: T
authors: Kirby
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Bean
authors: Julie
authors: J
authors: Walker
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005060:Europe; D005062:European Union / Q000458:organization & administration; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011050:Policy Making; D011788:Quality of Life; D016896:Treatment Outcome