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                <copyright>2009 Eurocancercoms</copyright>   
    
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                <title>Eurocancercoms at the 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress</title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=58</link>    
                <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:22:41 GMT</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress in Stockholm (23<sup>rd</sup>-27<sup>th</sup> September) was a showcase for the final deliverables of Eurocancercoms.<br />
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The following presentations were given:<br />
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<u>Presidential Session: Presentation of eurocancercoms final deliverable: <i>e</i>cancerHub <br />
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                <title>Read some of the ecancerHub launch coverage</title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=57</link>    
                <pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:20:35 GMT</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">European Journal of Cancer (EJC) News</span><br />
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ejcancer.info/webfiles/images/journals/ejc/EJCNews_August2011.pdf#Interview_Gordon_McVie"...]]></description>
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                <title>A bright future for Open Access publishing</title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=56</link>    
                <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:20:48 GMT</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Calibri">With researchers, authors and funders challenging the traditional journal publishing model, Open Access (OA) publishing is likely to become the preferred option, suggests a paper published in <i style="mso-bidi-fon...]]></description>
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                <title>Who's talking about ecancerHub - press and online coverage</title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=55</link>    
                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:25:27 GMT</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Download the 'Who's talking about ecancerHub' presentation to see what press and online coverage ecancerHub has been receiving:<br />
<font color="#000000"><span yes?="" mso-spacerun:="" roman?;="" new="" times="" style='font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: calibri; mso-ansi-language: en...]]></description>
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                <title>ecancerHub – A New Approach to Cancer Communication</title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=54</link>    
                <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:25:18 GMT</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[eurocancercoms is pleased to annouce the launch of <a href="http://www.ecancerhub.eu" target="_parent"><span style="font-style: italic">e</span>cancerHub</a> - a new, open-access, integrated approach to providing the whole cancer community – patients, doctors, researchers and policymakers - with high quality and trustworthy information. Integrating...]]></description>
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                <title>Read the April Newsletter</title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=52</link>    
                <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:01:24 GMT</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;mso-fareast-language:en-gb">Dear Friends and Colleagues,</span></p>
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                <title>Childhood cancer research in danger - eurocancercoms funded research</title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=50</link>    
                <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:01:21 GMT</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[At a time when the effects of paediatric oncology research have meant that more and more children survive cancer, its funding is too low and dependent on short-term grants to be able to sustain this improvement in the long-term, says a report supported by the EU-funded 7th Framework Programme project Eurocancercoms and published on-line in ecancerm...]]></description>
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                <title>Read the December newsletter</title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=49</link>    
                <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:15:27 GMT</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Dear Friends and Colleagues<br />
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Firstly, festive greetings from the whole eurocancercoms team! This will be the last update for this year but we have a raft of new and important news to share with you. As you will know the project is formally meant to end in April next year but we will be going for a six month extension to ensure that th...]]></description>
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                <title>Online nutritional information study for cancer patients launches</title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=47</link>    
                <pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:32:19 GMT</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[As part of the project FP7 Eurocancercoms, a randomised intervention study has been set up, titled “Nutritional support in cancer subjects: a dedicated website”.<br />
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 The project aims to help cancer patients by providing an online “space” where they can find information about nutritional care and clinical trials, get their questions ans...]]></description>
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                <title>Cancer scientists need to collaborate online</title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=46</link>    
                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:53:41 GMT</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The sharing of scientific data in increasingly open ways could benefit cancer research and thus patients, according to a paper published in the peer-reviewed journal <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">ecancermedicalscience</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="vertic...]]></description>
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                <title>Oncologist's views on information access required now</title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=45</link>    
                <pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:27:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-size: 12pt">A new survey has been launched to examine how information flows between health care professionals involved in cancer care. The survey will establish how oncologists working in Europe access information, their information needs...]]></description>
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                <title>New video debate: Accuracy in the media</title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=44</link>    
                <pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:00:43 GMT</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[One main goal of the Eurocancercoms project is to evaluate information accessed by health professionals, patients, consumer groups and industry, as well as the credibility of different sources.<br />
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Essentially can scientific reporting reasonably benefit all stakeholders: the scientist from visibility, the journalist from a compelling sto...]]></description>
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                <title>Read the October newsletter</title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=41</link>    
                <pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:53:12 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Read the August Newsletter</title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=40</link>    
                <pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:46:52 GMT</pubDate>
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                <title>Take part in our patient survey on clinical practice guidelines</title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=39</link>    
                <pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:29:52 GMT</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: en-gb">Clinical Practice Guidelines support doctors and patients to make decisions about tests and treatments that are right for them and their particular condition.<br />
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The aim of this project is to examine the role of patients ...]]></description>
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                <title>Survey targets European cancer organisations to find out online information gaps</title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=38</link>    
                <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:22:14 GMT</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center; margin: 0px"><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold">THIS SURVEY IS NOW CLOSED. MANY THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO TOOK PART. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center; margin: 0px"><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold">THE RESULTS WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY 2011.</span></p><br />
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                <title>New video debate: Communicating familial cancer </title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=37</link>    
                <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:29:11 GMT</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The Eurocancercoms project is looking at the information and communication needs of cancer professionals, patients, and their families. One of the current information gaps identified by the project&nbsp; surrounds the risk associated with genetic breast cancer. <br />
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 Most inherited cases of breast cancer are associated with two genes: BR...]]></description>
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                <title>Survey launched to find patient information needs</title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=36</link>    
                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:08:30 GMT</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[A new survey has been launched in five european languages to uncover the types of information wanted by people with cancer and their family and friends. <br />
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The survey is targeting cancer patient and their families&nbsp;to get their opinions on the current state of information available and how it could be improved. The eurocancercoms p...]]></description>
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                <title>CNIO’s Eurocancercoms project team: building systems for improved data integration & extraction across domains </title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=35</link>    
                <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:48:25 GMT</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Eurocancercoms partner, the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (<a href="http://www.cnio.es/ES/index.asp" target="_self">CNIO</a>) is leading efforts to integrate and connect vastly diverse information to improve data access and extraction for a wide range of users: including clinicians; oncologists; pathologists; molecular biologists and geno...]]></description>
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                <title>ECCO, EUSOMA & Tenovus: leading projects to address guideline development & use of existing guidelines </title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=33</link>    
                <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:52:48 GMT</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[One of the six Eurocancercoms core areas of activity will centre on guidelines to tackle the assimilation of cancer research results for uptake and implementation by healthcare professionals, patients and health services. <br />
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Coordinated by <a href="http://www.ecco-org.eu" target="_self">ECCO</a>, this Eurocancercoms priority area invol...]]></description>
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                <title>SIOPE: Generating debate through eurocancercoms</title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=32</link>    
                <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 15:39:40 GMT</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Paediatric oncology is one of the focal points of the eurocancercoms Working Party, <span style="font-style: italic">Project Data</span>, which assesses and analyses barriers and recommends solutions for optimal dissemination of cancer data. </p>
<p>Led by SIOP Europe, the European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE), this project area addr...]]></description>
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                <title>EACR invites Member participation in highly focused questionnaires</title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=31</link>    
                <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 15:36:34 GMT</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px">The first of the six main Eurocancercoms project areas will examine the information flow between basic scientists and other healthcare professionals. To help identify the current obstacles, challenges and ultimately propose solutions, lead partner – the European Association of Cancer Research (EACR), is invi...]]></description>
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                <title>New International Workshop on the “Needs for harmonization of clinical trial insurances in Europe”</title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=34</link>    
                <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:20:40 GMT</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center; margin: 0px"><span style="font-weight: bold">28th June 2010, EORTC Headquarters, Brussels</span></p><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold">Rationale</span><br />
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The workshop “Needs for harmonization of clinical trial insurances in Europe” is organised by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment o...]]></description>
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                <title>Read some of the launch coverage</title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=30</link>    
                <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:04:36 GMT</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[European Journal of Cancer<br/><a href="http://www.ecco-org.eu/News/News/EJC-news-3/PODIUM-Eurocancercoms-with-Professor-Gordon-Mc/page.aspx/1699" target="_blank">A boost to communications in Europe</a><br/><br/>Cancer Research UK <br/><a href="http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/news/archive/newsarchive/2009/july/19274655" target="_blank">New initiat...]]></description>
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                <title>New website launches €1.2 million project to improve European cancer communications</title>
                <link>http://www.eurocancercoms.eu/article.aspx?nid=27</link>    
                <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[An initiative to boost cancer prevention, treatment and care throughout Europe by improving communications within the cancer community kicks off today (Monday 20 July) with the launch of a new website: www.eurocancercoms.eu. The project will involve all those with an interest in cancer, from researchers and doctors to patients.<br/><br/>The Eurocan...]]></description>
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