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Twinning in Research and Education to improve survival in Childhood Solid Tumours in Lithuania

Project description

Boosting translational research on paediatric solid tumours

Solid tumours can occur in many parts of the body, such as the bones, tissues and various organs. Some types, for example neuroblastoma and Wilms tumours, develop only in children. The Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos (VULSK) in Lithuania will coordinate the EU-funded TREL project, which aims to enhance translational, clinical and late-effect research in paediatric solid tumours. Its objective is to increase scientific excellence in the most common paediatric solid tumours (brain tumours, neuroblastoma and renal tumours). Overall, the project will aim to improve VULSK’s research profile and enhance international, regional and national visibility and competitiveness. By improving research indicators, it will also strive to improve the survival rates for children diagnosed with solid tumours.

Objective

Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos (VULSK) acts as a coordinator of the TREL (Twinning in Research and Education to improve survival in Childhood Solid Tumours in Lithuania) project that aims to enhance translational, clinical and late-effect research in paediatric solid tumours (ST). The project concept is based on the existing shortcomings in paediatric oncology at VULSK and Lithuania – scarce research indicators and inferior survival rates in children with ST. TREL has a goal to increase scientific excellence in the most common paediatric ST (brain tumours, neuroblastoma and renal tumours). VULSK and 8 leading research intensive institutions each covering different areas of the project activities according to their expertise form the TREL consortium. TREL will be delivered in 7 working packages addressing training in tumour specific laboratory research and clinical trials, cross-cutting education on genome-wide sequencing and treatment innovations, enhancing skills in observational studies on the quality of survivorship including fertility preservation and research methodology as well as project and innovation management. Training exercise will focus on the implementation of secondments of VULSK staff to the partner premises, organisation of multidisciplinary transfer-of-knowledge meetings, and participation in strategic scientific meetings corresponging objectives of each working package. As a consequence of the twinning activities with internationally-leading research active counterparts VULSK will improve its research profile and reputation, enhance international, regional and national visibility and competitiveness. Fostering of existing and establishment of new networking channels will facilitate incorporation of VULSK professionals to the ongoing collaborative projects that will improve research indicators of individual researchers and VULSK as well as will increase survival rate of children with ST in Lithuania in a long-term perspective.

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Coordinator

VILNIAUS UNIVERSITETO LIGONINE SANTAROS KLINIKOS
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€ 465 902,50
Address
SANTARISKIU G 2
LT-08406 VILNIUS
Lithuania

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Lietuva Sostinės regionas Vilniaus apskritis
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