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Cancer strikes one in three individuals before their 75th birthday and it is responsible for one death in four. Each year almost 4 million new cases are diagnosed and three quarters of a million people die. Although nearly half of all cancerpatients now survive beyond the fifth anniversary of their diagnosis, the spectrum of malignant disease is still responsible for much suffering and premature loss of life.

On 22-23 May 2001, Commissioner Philippe Busquin brought together European cancer research managers with top cancer researchers to improve co-ordination of European Cancer Research. Significant differences in research performance between the US and the EU existed, mostly from the perceived view of a fragmented European effort and poor co-ordination between various networks of excellence in the different Member States. From this conference was created the European Cancer Research Managers Forum to network national cancer research managers and provide high quality intelligence for evidence-based policy making.

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