The ECCO-AACR-EORTC-ESMO Workshop on Methods in Clinical Cancer Research is an educational programme that introduces junior clinical oncologists in any oncology subspecialty to the principles of good clinical trial design.

Since 1999, this well-recognised and CME accredited Workshop progressed with each subsequent edition to reinforce its value.

The presence of a strong research base is essential to the future of good quality cancer care.

Clinical scientists who are able to set up and run high-quality clinical trials are vital to the advancement of new therapies.

This Workshop was established to reverse the decline in numbers of clinical scientists.

The ultimate goal: to develop a robust, expanding base of well-trained clinical researchers by providing them with the training they need to conduct better clinical/translational trial designs.

Participants propose a trial protocol when applying to the Workshop and complete writing the protocol through the course of the Workshop.

The development of the protocol is not intended to be a practice run as participants are expected to make every effort to implement their protocol.