CCI4EU - Patient Centered Cancer Outcome Research
CCI4EU - 8th online course
CCI4EU - Patient Centered Cancer Outcome Research
CCI4EU - 8th online course

Chairs: Cinzia Brunelli, IT and Olatz Garin, SP
The aim is to better understand the concepts and methodology of Patient-Centered Cancer Outcome Research as well as to provide an overview of challenges and impact in the implementation of Cancer Outcome Research.
The first part of this course was made available on this website on 20 July 2025.
The entire course has been recorded and will remain available as on-demand material.
To access the on-demand materials (after the live streaming), participants must register to the course, login to the e-ESO platform and click on the play buttons inside the course programme.
Introduction to COR (key concepts)
Patient centered cancer outcome research. What it is and why it matters.
Cinzia Brunelli (IT) Olatz Garin (ES)Key outcome measures in oncology: PROMs, PREMs and clinical outcome measures - Definitions, objectives and applications
Kelly De LigtMinimum clinical data sets
Giovanni Tonon (IT)PROMs and PREMs in the real world
Integrating PROMs into clinical workflows - challenges in collecting, analysing, and interpreting PROMs results
Christoph Kowalski (DE)Nurses as Key Facilitators in PROMs Administration and Integration into Clinical Care
Eva Jolly (SE)ePROMs in clinical practice: Are we ready for it?
Stein Kaasa (NO)PREMs for quality of care assessment
Anne Bredart (FR)Patient contributions: Dos and don’ts in PROMs administration
Nanne Bos (NL) Carina Dantas (PT) Inke Minnée-van Braak (NL)PROMS in research
PROMS in Clinical research: the SISAQOL Project
Madeline Pe (BE)PROMs in HTA (FDA, EMA, HTA policies recognise PROMs as key endpoints in cancer drug approvals)
Valesca Retel (NL)Data integration and sharing for COR
Understanding common data models: OMOP, OpenEHR, FHIR
Petro Kalendralis (NL)Cancer registries: Addressing the challenges of data completeness, integration, quality, standardisation and comparability across European countries
Arndt Volker (DE)Data sharing agreement
Denise Amram (IT)Live Streaming
Introduction and Welcome
Patient Centered Cancer Research Outcome Today
Why integrating data? The European Cancer Inequalities Registry (ECIR)
Francisco Rodriguez Rasero (IT)PROMs' impact on clinical guidelines and shared decision making
Montse Ferrer (ES) Yolanda Pardo Cladellas (ES)Measuring What Matters: Engaging Patients and Other Stakeholders in Developing/Choosing PROMs
Delia Nicoara (RO)Benchmarking Quality of Life among European Countries via the EUonQoL Project
Alen Brkic (NO)How CCIs can influence cancer care policy using COR
Cinzia Brunelli (IT) Luana Caselli (IT)Panel Discussion
Final Takeaways and Closing Remarks
Alen Brkic
Oslo University Hospital, European Palliative Care Research Centre, Oslo, NO
Anne Bredart
Institut Curie, Psychiatry and Oncopsychology Unit, Paris Cedex 05, FR
Arndt Volker
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Foundation under Public Law, Heidelberg, DE
Carina Dantas
SHINE2Europe, EUonQoL co-researcher, Coimbra, PT
Christoph Kowalski
Cinzia Brunelli
Fondazione Irccs Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Sc Cure Palliative Terapia Del Dolore E Riabilitazione, Milano, IT
Delia Nicoara
The Oncology Institute "Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuta", ., Cluj-Napoca, RO
Denise Amram
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Institute of Law, Politics, and Development, Pisa, IT
Eva Jolly
Karolinska University Hospital, Cancer Theme Dpt., Stockholm, SE
Francisco Rodriguez Rasero
Directorate General Joint Research Center, European Commission, Publich Health Data Analysis, Ispra, IT
Giovanni Tonon
San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Division of Experimental Oncology,, Milano, IT
Inke Minnée-van Braak
EUonQoL, Research, The Hague,
Kelly De Ligt
Netherlands Cancer Institute, Psycho Social Research and Epidemiology (PSOE) |HOD-MOD, Amsterdam,
Luana Caselli
Irccs Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Palliative Care, Pain Therapy And Rehabilitation Unit, Milan, IT
Madeline Pe
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), Head Quality of Life Department, Brussels, BE
Montse Ferrer
Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Health Services Research Group, Barcelona,
Nanne Bos
Nivel (The Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research), Program lead patient centered care, Utrecht, NL
Olatz Garin
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Petro Kalendralis
University Of Maastricht, Department Of Radiation Oncology (maastro), Grow School For Oncology And Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Maastricht, NL
Stein Kaasa
Oslo University Hospital, Department of Oncology, Oslo, NO
Valesca Retel
Netherlands Cancer Institute, Psychosocial Research And Epidemiology, Amsterdam, NL
Yolanda Pardo Cladellas
Universitat Autònoma De Barcelona, Psychiatry And Legal Medicina, Bellaterra, ES
