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2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

02 Oct 2023

The EACS is very proud to sincerely congratulate its Fellow Professor Katalin Karikó to 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, which she receives jointly with Professor Drew Weissman. Learn more and read the press release

In memoriam: Nobel laureate Harald zur Hausen

30 May 2023

One of the founders of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences, Fellow Harald zur Hausen, Nobel Laureate in Medicine and longtime Chairman of the DKFZ/ Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Board of Directors, died last Sunday, May 28, at the age of

Publication - Engaging European society at the forefront of cancer research and care

20 Mar 2023

Read the Meeting report "Engaging European society at the forefront of cancer research and care" published in Molecular Oncology Abstract: European cancer research stakeholders met in October 2022 in Heidelberg, Germany, at the 5th Gago conference on European Cancer Policy,

Strategies to decrease inequalities in cancer therapeutics/care and prevention

23 Feb 2023

Conference on 'Strategies to decrease inequalities in cancer therapeutics/care and prevention', Feb 23-24, 2023 The Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the European Academy of Cancer Sciences Watch the conference and read the conference Statement. Vatican news

The Heidelberg Manifesto on European Cancer Research

17 Oct 2022

Read The Heidelberg Manifesto on European Cancer Research Oct 6 This Manifesto was prepared and launched under the scope of the 5th Gago Conference on European Science Policy , jointly organized by Ciência Viva (the Portuguese National Agency for Scientific and

Publication - Palliative oncology and palliative care

22 Jul 2022

Professor Peter Strang, Karolinska Institutet "In this article (Palliative oncology and palliative care in Molecular Oncology ), at the invitation of the EACS, I review how palliative oncology, patient nutrition and treating cachexia, have undergone changes and improvements in cancer