European Institute of Oncology

The European Institute of Oncology (Italian: Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, IEO) is a non-profit comprehensive cancer centre located in Milan, Italy that is active in three areas:


 * Clinic
 * Research
 * Training

The European Institute of Oncology strives for excellence in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer by developing clinical and scientific research coupled with innovative organisation and management, in a context that pays constant attention to the quality of the service offered to patients.

The values and principles that inspire and guide the staff at the Institute are:


 * The Central Role of the Patient
 * Constant Improvement of the Quality of Health Care
 * Service Excellence
 * Multidisciplinary Approach to Clinical Aspects
 * Development of Experimental Research, Rapidly Transferring the Results to the Patient
 * The Value of Human Resources
 * A European Spirit Open to International Cooperation

History
The European Institute of Oncology was established to implement an innovative model for health and advanced research in the international oncology field. Its Division and Unit Directors come from eight European countries. Conceived by Umberto Veronesi and inaugurated in May 1994, 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 adopts the non-profit private-law organisation model and provides services through agreements with Italy’s National Health Service. In keeping with the standards of the most advanced international oncology centres, the Institute fully integrates different activities involved in the fight against cancer: prevention and diagnosis, health education and training, research and treatment.

In addition to the centre in Via Ripamonti, where all clinical, research and training activities take place, in 2002 the institute opened IEO CENTRO, an integrated cancer diagnosis centre located in Milan down town.

Online publication
In 2007 the institute launched ecancermedicalscience, a not for profit open access peer-reviewed cancer journal founded by the European Institute of Oncology in Milan, Italy. It publishes the latest oncology research, with all content free to read. It publishes at no charge to the researcher, with the aim of improving the dissemination of scientific research on cancer and benefiting the patient. It is unusual as a medical journal in that it is entirely online, using video, blogs, and internet forums to encourage comment and interaction by its users. Its founding editors are Professor Umberto Veronesi and Professor Gordon McVie.