CAREFOR calls on EU to safeguard independent academic research
Lugano/Brussels, 3 August 2017. Three leading European organisations in the fight against cancer have called the European Union (EU) to urgently increase its support for independent academic research for the benefit of cancer patients, in an article published (today) in ESMO Open. “Independent academic research is endangered for lack of funds and adequate legislation,” said Rolf A. Stahel, ESMO Past President and co-founder of the CAREFOR platform. “Working closely with EU institutions, we can make sure…