D - Description
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Name |
EORTC CLG - Children Leukemia Group of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer |
| Year of foundation | EORTC is founded in 1962,its Leukemia (adults and children) Group started in 1974, Children Leukemia Group: 1982 first trials were conducted together with the adult group In terms of infrastructure and processes EORTC CLG is fully integrated and rely on EORTC HQ capacity for the performance of clinical research. |
| Preterm and/or term newborn | Yes |
| Infants from 1 month to less than 24 months of age | Yes |
| Children from 2 years to less than 12 years of age | Yes |
| Adolescents from 12 years to less than 18 years | Yes |
| Paediatric age ranges of study participants covered by the network | 0-18 years |
| Multispeciality? Specify | Pediatric oncology |
| Speciality/disease specific? Specify | Cancer |
| Conditions covered? Specify | mainly acute lymphoblastic leukemias (some of other EORTC groups may also touch to other types of pediatric cancers though addressed together with adult population i.e. EWING sarcomas) |
| Procedure/Intervention specific? Specify | Multi-modality treatements (chemotherapy, surgery, BM transplantes, radiotherapy etc...) |
| Number of collaborating countries | 3 |
| List of collaborating countries | Belgium, France, Portugal |
| Number of collaborating centres | 25 |
| List of collaborating centres | www.eortc.be/home/CLG/List_of_Members.pdf |
| Type of activity/studies | All types of clinical research except prevention |
| Clinical Studies | Yes |
| Experimental research | Yes |
| Other activity | Translational research Survivorship .... |