Department of Microbiology, Tumor Biology and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Mol Oncol. 2019 Mar;13(3):648-652. doi: 10.1002/1878-0261.12460. Epub 2019 Feb 20.
Educational initiatives in cancer research have to align with the needs of patients, individuals at risk, healthcare systems and public health organisations. The above interests demand strong translational interactions between basic research, clinical/prevention research and entrepreneurship. The resulting synergy between these three entities is expected to stimulate identification of unresolved issues in cancer biology, as well as unmet needs in diagnostics, treatment and prevention. It will also encourage the development of international research collaborations and, in turn, improve access to innovative research infrastructures. Education and dissemination of knowledge and technologies must be a cornerstone of any future European mission-oriented approach to cancer, as it will ensure that new cancer treatments reach all patients within the European Union, and also help reduce gross inequalities in cancer incidence and mortality. A large number of educational institutions ranging from local universities to pan-European organisations have developed excellent educational activities. However, a cancer mission will highlight additional roles for higher education that will complement and provide novel approaches. Educational and training activities should target the general public (dissemination) for primary cancer prevention, as well as the next generation of cancer researchers in basic and clinical research all over Europe. The experiences of patients are also needed to improve health-related quality-of-life and outcomes research. A mission approach to cancer would enhance the exchange of researchers within Europe and worldwide, and prioritise collaborations between Western/Central and Eastern Europe countries. The Comprehensive Cancer Centres (CCCs) will be crucial to train scientific staff in established centres as well as in candidate centres aspiring to join networks of CCCs. In addition, CCCs will have an important role to play by offering educational programmes for the next generation of clinical/research leaders.
癌症研究的教育计划必须与患者、处于风险中的个体、医疗保健系统和公共卫生组织的需求保持一致。上述利益要求基础研究、临床/预防研究和创业之间进行强有力的转化互动。这三个实体之间的协同作用预计将激发对癌症生物学中未解决问题以及诊断、治疗和预防方面未满足需求的识别。它还将鼓励发展国际研究合作，并进而改善对创新研究基础设施的获取。教育和知识与技术的传播必须成为未来任何面向癌症的欧洲任务方法的基石，因为这将确保新的癌症治疗方法能够惠及欧盟内的所有患者，并有助于减少癌症发病率和死亡率方面的巨大不平等。从地方大学到泛欧组织，大量的教育机构已经开展了出色的教育活动。然而，癌症任务将突出高等教育的额外作用，这些作用将起到补充和提供新方法的作用。教育和培训活动应针对广大公众（传播），以进行初级癌症预防，以及针对整个欧洲基础和临床研究的下一代癌症研究人员。还需要患者的经验来改善与健康相关的生活质量和结果研究。癌症的任务方法将增强欧洲内部和全球范围内研究人员的交流，并优先考虑西欧/中欧和东欧国家之间的合作。综合癌症中心（CCC）将在培训已建立中心以及渴望加入 CCC 网络的候选中心的科学人员方面发挥至关重要的作用。此外，CCC 将通过为下一代临床/研究领导者提供教育计划来发挥重要作用。
