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Patrick Schöffski is Head of the Department of General Medical Oncology and the Laboratory of Experimental Oncology at the University Hospitals Leuven, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium. Until October 2009, he was Secretary-General of the Executive Committee and Board of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC). Recently he has been appointed Chairman of the Clinical Research Division of EORTC and member of the Board of Directors of the European Cancer Organisation (ECCO). He is also a member of many scientific societies including the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), German Society of Hematology and Oncology (DGHO) and Belgian Society for Medical Oncology (BSMO). Professor Schöffski’s main clinical interest is the treatment of solid tumours and lymphomas. He is involved in a large number of prospective clinical trials in various tumour types, including orphan malignancies, ranging from Phase 1-3. He is responsible for current prospective trials including entities such as sarcomas, urogenital and endocrine malignancies, and runs a number of non-disease specific Phase 1 trials. He also coordinates translational research projects associated with new drug development and sarcoma. Professor Schöffski has published more than 130 papers in international peer-reviewed oncology journals.