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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2020; 41(01): 7-8
DOI: 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_16_20
Editorial Commentary

European Society for Medical Oncology Invests in the Next Generation of Asia-Pacific Oncology Leaders

Rachel Wong
Department of Oncology, Eastern Health, Box Hill, Australia
Department of Oncology, Monash University, Eastern Health Clinical School, Box Hill, Australia
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Jyoti Bajpai
Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Leadership [INSIDE:1]

NOUN

mass noun

  1. The action of leading a group of people or an organization.

Retrieved from http://english.oxforddictionaries.com/leadership.

The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) is a Europe’s leading nonprofit medical oncology organization. Since its creation in the 1970s, the organization and its membership have grown on a global scale, with >25,000 members worldwide. Despite its European name, the ESMO membership includes a broad range of health professionals, researchers, and patient advocates from around the world. Twenty-five percent (∼6000 members) of ESMO’s membership resides within the Asia-Pacific region. With this in mind, the ESMO has focused on several activities to specifically address issues unique to the Asia-Pacific region. In November 2019, ESMO conducted its inaugural ESMO Asia Leaders Generation Programme (LGP). Modeled on the European Annual ESMO LGP launched in 2016, this fully ESMO-funded program was specifically targeted at potential emerging leaders within the Asia-Pacific region. This Editorial is directed to provide readers and especially potential leaders, an overview of this ESMO initiative from a participant’s and mentor’s perspective.



Publication History

Received: 18 January 2020

Accepted: 25 February 2020

Article published online:
23 May 2021

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