Ongoing Projects

• Questions and answers regarding epidemiology (Epi...what?)
• Evaluation of a structured psycho-oncological care (integrated care) (AOK-IV)
• Need-based access to ambulatory psycho-social cancer counselling for men (BEZUG)
• S3 Laryngeal Carcinoma Guideline (S3-LL)
• Quality of breast cancer care under evidence-based guidelines (BRENDA)
• A Randomized Phase III Trial Comparing FEC-Chemotherapy vs. EC-Doc-Chemotherapy in Patients with Primary Breast Cancer (ADEBAR)
• Long-term consequences of lung cancer - review (LUNCA)
• Quality of life and psychosocial rehabilitation in lung cancer survivors (LARIS)
• Development of an EORTC questionnaire for the assessment of quality of life in thyroid cancer patients, Phase III (EORTC QLQ-THY)
• An international phase IV field study for the reliability and validity of the EORTC Head and Neck Cancer Module H&N43 (EORTC QLQ-HN)
• Early detection of colon cancer through innovative test procedures  (iDa)
• Diagnosing colorectal cancer in migrants and non-migrants in Germany  (KOMIGRA)
• Familial risks for colon cancer (FRIDA)
• European epidemiological study on radiation-induced lens opacities among interventional cardiologists (EURALOC)
• Update of the EORTC Reference Values Manual (EORTC RefVal)

Completed Projects

• Systematic review for the S3 guideline concerning bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaws (BPONJ)
• Systematic review for the S3 guideline Breast Reconstruction
• Epidemiology and prevention of transfusion-associated infections due to human cytomegalovirus (CMV)
• Cohort study investigating the cancer incidence among shift workers in the BASF ()
• International cohort study on airline personnel (COSMIC)
• Pilot study for an epidemiological study investigating the relationship between the exposure to ionizing radiation and cataract development (KATARAKT)
• Epidemiology of tumours of the upper digestive and respiratory tracts using cancer registry data (EpiTa)
• Update of the EORTC questionnaire for the assessment of quality of life in head and neck cancer patients (EORTC QLQ-HN) - Phase III
• Development of an EORTC questionnaire for the assessment of quality of life in thyroid cancer patients (EORTC QLQ-THY) - Phase I/II