{"id":26573,"date":"2020-12-03T10:39:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T10:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/74dbd842d107252cd090a4ae3b922f89"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:15:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:15:52","slug":"keeping-progress-in-oncology-on-the-agenda-esmo-honours-recipients-of-its-2020-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/keeping-progress-in-oncology-on-the-agenda-esmo-honours-recipients-of-its-2020-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping progress in oncology on the agenda: ESMO honours recipients of its 2020 awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"32\">\n<div class=\"ezxmltext-field\" readability=\"34\">\n<p>The global coronavirus pandemic has disrupted cancer research, prevention and treatment to an extent never seen before.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info-wrapper\">\n<p><label>Date:<\/label> <span>03 Dec 2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"65.376705141658\">\n<p>LUGANO, Switzerland &#8211; The global coronavirus pandemic has disrupted cancer research, prevention and treatment to an extent never seen before. To sustain the development of medical knowledge and therapeutic progress for patients worldwide, particular attention must now be paid to the future of the discipline \u2013 and to the individuals who continue to work tirelessly to make it evolve. The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) is proud to honour the 2020 recipients of its annual awards, all of whom share the Society\u2019s commitment to advancing the field of oncology, no matter how difficult the circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>In keeping with its determination to stay the course and continue driving oncology forward throughout the ongoing health crisis, ESMO maintained nominations for the awards usually presented at specialised congresses, some of which had to be cancelled in 2020. These distinctions go to the following dedicated investigators (1) and illustrious experts with major research contributions to their name:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lillian L. Siu, Canada \u2013 Targeted Anticancer Therapies (TAT) 2020 Honorary Award<\/li>\n<li>Fiona Blackhall, UK \u2013 Heine H. Hansen 2020 Award, jointly bestowed by ESMO and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)<\/li>\n<li>Sherene Loi, Australia \u2013 ESMO Breast Cancer 2020 Award<\/li>\n<li>Jedd D. Wolchok, USA \u2013 ESMO Award for Immuno-Oncology 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The ESMO Award for Immuno-Oncology, which was created in commemoration of ESMO\u2019s founding father Georges Math\u00e9, is of particular significance this year as it marks the 10-year anniversary of Math\u00e9\u2019s death. \u201cMath\u00e9 was a pioneer of immunotherapy and visionary who paved the way for ESMO to become what it is today: the leading professional organisation for medical oncology,\u201d said ESMO President Solange Peters. \u201cAll of this year\u2019s winners have in common with Math\u00e9 the ambition to break new ground in their respective fields and the will to improve cancer patients\u2019 lives,\u201d she added. \u201cTheir successes are a worthwhile reminder that progress is possible through adversity \u2013 and ESMO prides itself on offering its unwavering support to those who make progress happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the occasion of the ESMO Virtual Congress 2020, the well-known <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esmo.org\/newsroom\/press-office\/esmo-announces-winners-of-its-awards-2020\" class>ESMO awards<\/a> were conferred to four outstanding oncology researchers and clinicians with a track record of exceptional achievements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hans-Joachim Schmoll, Germany \u2013 ESMO Award 2020<\/li>\n<li>Nadia Harbeck, Germany \u2013 ESMO Lifetime Achievement Award 2020<\/li>\n<li>Antoni Ribas, USA \u2013 ESMO Award for Translational Research 2020<\/li>\n<li>Caroline Robert, France \u2013 ESMO Women for Oncology Award 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Notes to editors<\/h4>\n<p>1 The 2020 recipients of the TAT 2020 Honorary Award, the Heine H. Hansen Award, the ESMO Breast Cancer Award and the ESMO Award for Immuno-Oncology will have the opportunity to give their award lectures at the respective <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esmo.org\/meetings\" class>meetings in 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.esmo.org\/newsroom\/press-office\/keeping-progress-in-oncology-on-the-agenda-esmo-honours-recipients-of-its-2020-awards\">Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The global coronavirus pandemic has disrupted cancer research, prevention and treatment to an extent never seen before. Date: 03 Dec 2020 LUGANO, Switzerland &#8211; The global coronavirus pandemic has disrupted cancer research, prevention and treatment to an extent never seen before. To sustain the development of medical knowledge and therapeutic progress for patients worldwide, particular [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45483,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26573\/revisions\/45483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}