Organisation of European Cancer Institutes


The Organisation of European Cancer Institutes is an international non-profit organization with European Economic Interest Grouping status. It was created in 1979 to promote greater cooperation among European cancer centers and institutes. Its head office is located in Brussels at the Belgian University Foundation.

Background

The OECI is the main European network of accredited cancer centers on the continent. The OECI relies on a network of almost 100 institutions all over Europe, to ensure cancer patients are provided with the specialized healthcare for their type of cancer. Similar to the NCI's network of designated comprehensive cancer centres, the OECI developed the Accreditation and Designation Program in order to improve organization and teamwork between cancer centres across Europe. In 2017, the OECI program obtained ISQua Accreditation ISQua is the umbrella organization responsible for the Joint Commission International accreditation.
The OECI plays a role in helping EU Member State authorities to organize their cancer healthcare systems.

In figures

  • Membership across Europe, as well as a few major centres from South America and Southeast Asia
  • 121 members
  • Membership categories: members undergoing accreditation and designation ; accredited and designated cancer centre; and accredited and designated comprehensive cancer centre; other members
  • 4 working groups: accreditation and designation programme, biobanks and molecular pathobiology, supportive and palliative care, cancer economics and benchmarking, collaboration for good practices with patients, cancer outcomes research
  • 10 scientific papers/articles

    OECI-designated Comprehensive cancer centers

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