Innovative surgery as the cornerstone of affordable multi-modal therapeutic interventions benefitting cancer patients with locally advanced or metastatic disease
Funds clinical trials that validate affordable, minimally-invasive surgery-centred treatments for cancer patients with locally advanced or metastatic disease.
This call funds academic investigator-initiated clinical trials that test surgery-centred, multi-modal treatments for cancer patients with locally advanced or metastatic disease, a group often left out of standard trials. The Commission expects four grants from a EUR 31 million 2025 budget, each worth between EUR 7 million and EUR 10 million, running as single-stage Research and Innovation Actions…
The funder wants academic investigator-initiated clinical trials that validate innovative, surgery-centred treatment combinations — surgery paired with devices, radiotherapy, chemotherapy or other interventions — for patients often excluded from standard trials. It wants those interventions proven affordable through a formal cost-effectiveness analysis, with patients and caregivers helping define the trial endpoints.
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