The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Gastrointestinal Group Trials: surgery and liver surgery in Europe.

ABSTRACT

The aim of the Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer Cooperative Group is to develop protocols concerning the different aspects of gastro-intestinal tract malignancies, diagnosis, biology and treatment. All projects involving surgery are discussed first in the Surgery Committee. A multidisciplinary approach has always been one of the major principles of the group. This article provides an overview of the recent and present activities of the GI group of the EORTC in relation to surgery.