Membership
A new centre should send a written application to the Chairman of the group, giving details of the institute abd its Oncology / Pulmonology department (members of staff, numbers of new patients treated per year, specialist treatments, equipment, etc.) as well as data on investigor motivation to join the group together with his/her CV. A copy of that institution should accompany the application.
A represenative of an active member-institution who changes hospital can apply for immediate active membership of his new institution for 2 years but need to complete a new lung application form for administrative reason.
The Chairman will inform the Secretary, Treasurer and QA Chairman of the new application. The Secretary will sent the qulity assurance questionnaire tothe new applicant to be completed and returned as soon as possible to the QA Chairman of the group. A copy of the QA questionnaire must be sent to the Mediacl Advisor at the Data Centre. All new applications received will be discussed at the next Executive Board meeting. The Executive board has reserved the right to limit the participation of a new institution to a subset of studies, for instance by restricting the access to early phases or sponsored studies if the centre doesn't have the necessary infrastructureor for other reasons. Applicants will receive an invitation to the next business meeting. They can be asked to present their centre and activities. Every application approved by the Executive board will be transmitted to the Mediacl Advisor of the LCCG at the EORTC Data Centre, including the list of trials allowed to participate in. A standard information package (including the lung application form, one-page overview of the ongoing protocols for which the applicant is allowed to participate in and a copy of the LCCG statutes) will be sent by the Data Centre to the new applicant.
The applicant should return to the Data Centre as soon as possible teh completed application form and the trials he/she is interested in to participate together wiht his/her current CV and the current referential laboratory values of his institution.
For any further information regarding membership, please contact the EORTC Membership Committee at the following address: For more information about membership (How to join the EORTC Network) please go to |