European Institute of Oncology
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European Institute of Oncology Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Milan, Italy |
Coordinates | 45°24′51″N 9°12′29″E / 45.414194°N 9.208118°E |
Organisation | |
Type | Research hospital |
History | |
Opened | January 1996 |
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Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in Italy |
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 serves as a clinic, a research centre, and a training institution. IEO is a member of EU-LIFE, an alliance of leading life science research centres in Europe.[1]
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. It provides a professional network for its members.
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.[2] The institute was inaugurated in May 1994 and is today 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
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 in downtown Milan.
Journal
ISSN | 1754-6605 |
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ecancermedicalscience is the non-profit
In 2014, Managing Editor Gordon McVie was accepted as a Scholar Member of the World Association of Medical Editors.[4]
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.[5]
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 donate voluntarily to the journal to cover publication costs. Authors without access to funding do not have to pay any portion of the publishing costs.[6]
In the news
In June 2014, a case report published in ecancermedicalscience received international media attention.
Abstracting and indexing
ecancermedicalscience is indexed in the following repositories:
- Google Scholar
- EMBASE
- PubMed/PubMed Central
- Scopus
Memberships
- Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, of which ecancermedicalscience is a member[8]
- Committee on Publication Ethics, of which ecancermedicalscience is a member.
References
- ^ "Our members". EU-LIFE.
- ^ "Oncology Fellowship | European Institute of Oncology, IEO". www.esmo.org. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "ecancermedicalscience Managing Editor accepted as a member of WAME". Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
- ^ "Open Access Success Stories: ecancermedicalscience". Open Access Success Stories.
- ^ "ecancer". Archived from the original on 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
- ^ Lewis, Tanya (16 June 2014). "Girl's Uncontrollable Laughter Caused By Brain Tumor". Live Science.
- ^ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association: ecancermedicalscience
External links
- European Institute of Oncology Website (in Italian and English)
- ecancermedicalscience (Open Access journal of the European Institute of Oncology) (in English)