European Institute of Oncology

The European Institute of Oncology (Italian: Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, IEO) is a non-profit private-law comprehensive cancer centre located in Milan, Italy. It is a clinic, a research centre and a training institution.

European Institute of Oncology Hospital
Geography
LocationMilan, Italy
Coordinates45.414194°N 9.208118°E / 45.414194; 9.208118
Organisation
TypeResearch hospital
History
OpenedJanuary 1996
Links
ListsHospitals in Italy

The European Institute of Oncology works on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer by developing clinical and scientific research coupled with organisation and management.

History

The European Institute of Oncology was conceived by Umberto Veronesi, who developed a new model for health and advanced research in the international oncology field. The institute was inaugurated in May 1994, and is managed by Division and Unit Directors from eight European countries.

The Institute became a research hospital and treatment centre (IRCCS or “Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico”) through the Ministerial Decree issued in January 1996. The European Institute of Oncology provides services through agreements with Italy’s National Health Service. Professor Gordon McVie performs outreach activities on behalf of the IEO.[1]

The Institute integrates various activities involved in the fight against cancer: prevention and diagnosis, health education and training, research and treatment.

At its centre in Via Ripamonti all clinical, research and training activities take place. In 2002 the institute opened IEO CENTRO, an integrated cancer diagnosis centre located in Milan downtown.

Journal
ecancermedicalscience
DisciplineScience
LanguageEnglish, Spanish, Portuguese
Publication details
History2007
Yes
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4ecancermedicalscience
Links

ecancermedicalscience is the non-profit open-access journal of the European Institute of Oncology. Founded by Professors Umberto Veronesi and Gordon McVie in 2007, ecancermedicalscience is published by Cancer Intelligence and forms part of ecancer.org.

In 2014, Managing Editor Gordon McVie was accepted as a Scholar Member of the World Association of Medical Editors.[2]

Business Model

ecancermedicalscience is a non-profit journal supported by charitable funding. The key founding charities are The Umberto Veronesi Foundation, the European Institute of Oncology Foundation and Swiss Bridge.[3]

In 2014, ecancermedicalscience became the first open-access journal to charge article fees based on a "pay what you can afford" model. Authors with access to publication funding may choose to voluntarily donate to the journal in order to cover publication costs. Authors without access to funding do not have to pay any portion of the publishing costs.[4]

In the news

In June 2014, a case report published in ecancermedicalscience received international media attention.[5] The case report described a young Latin American girl whose fits of inappropriate laughter were mistakenly diagnosed as misbehavior or demonic possession, but were found to be gelastic seizures caused by a brain tumor.

Abstracting and indexing

ecancermedicalscience is indexed in the following repositories:

Memberships

References
  1. Taylor, WG. "International health experts attend research and development conference hosted by Yeovil District Hospital". Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
  2. ecancermedicalscience Managing Editor accepted as a member of WAME
  3. "Open Access Success Stories: ecancermedicalscience". Open Access Success Stories.
  4. ecancer
  5. Lewis, Tanya. "Girl's Uncontrollable Laughter Caused By Brain Tumor". Live Science.
  6. Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association: ecancermedicalscience
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