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ecancermedicalscience wins highest accolade for web TV
The 29th IVCA Awards celebrated effective communication in video and digital media across Europe. The glittering ceremony held in London on 26th March was attended by over 700 commissioners, government representatives, industry colleagues and the media.
ecancer, the journal from the European Institute of Oncology, Milan, won the gold award for its web TV channel, ecancer.tv The channel features over 300 videos of leading oncology professionals discussing cancer news from around the world. The channel also hosts animations, round table discussions, educational modules and press briefings. ecancer actively encourages all those involved in cancer care to exchange ideas and research, speeding up the time it takes from discovery to patient. The channel is not for profit and all content is provided free of charge.
Prof. Gordon McVie, Managing Editor of ecancer, comments, ‘”We are leading the way in the field of online video for busy oncology professionals. We offer all our content free of charge and we are extremely grateful to our founding partners who had the foresight and courage to back this innovative idea.”Marco Forgione, IVCA’s Chief Executive commented “The IVCA Awards are an annual celebration of the finest creativity, innovation and expertise that the communications industry has to offer. Once again this year the standard of entries was exceptional.”
The Founding partners of ecancer are: The European Institute of Oncology Foundation, ECCO (The European CanCer Organisation), The Umberto Veronesi Foundation and Swiss Bridge.
ecancermedicalscience, the online journal from the European Institute of Oncology has won The best online educational tool for healthcare professionals: category at the PM Digital Media Awards.
The accolade recognises ecancer’s role in the development of online educational materials for cancer professionals. ecancer publishes the latest cancer research incorporating social networking tools and blogs. The site also hosts a comprehensive collection of video interviews, webcasts and roundtable discussions to support oncologist’s training and education.
Prof Gordon McVie, Managing Editor of ecancermedicalscience commented,
‘As a medical oncologist I think it is really important that professionals have easy access to quality educational materials. I believe ecancer is delivering gold standard content and is leading the way for cancer communication in Europe’.
The inaugural Digital Media Awards celebrated the very best in digital media solutions within the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. This years winners were selected from 130 entries and ecancer beat off competition from other well established websites. The team was formally honoured at an awards dinner on 1st October 2009 in London overseen by former Labour party spin-doctor Alastair Campbell.
ecancer is a not for profit journal with all of the material free to access. ecancer is supported by a number of charities including ECCO (The European CanCer Organisation), The Umberto Veronesi Foundation, The Fondazione IEO and Swiss Bridge.
ecancermedicalscience, the online cancer journal from the European Institute of Oncology and published by Cancer Intelligence, was awarded ‘highly commended’ by judges at The Association of Online Publishers Awards 2009, held last night in London. ecancer had been shortlisted in the Specialist Digital Publisher category in the prestigious publishing awards.
ecancer is the first not for profit cancer journal that does not charge for publishing or submitting cancer research articles. The online mix of original research and key video interviews has made ecancer a great hit with oncology professionals. Over 15,000 visitors a month from all over the world log on to watch, listen and comment on science papers, videos and forums.
ecancer aims to improve communications between cancer scientists and clinicians by working interactively and faster – speeding up the time it takes from discovery, to patient benefit.
Managing Editor Prof. Gordon McVie commented "As such a young journal we are delighted to get this recognition from the award judges, it proves that we have the right mix of oncology information for our audience."
World leading cancer research will be streamed live as it is announced at the upcoming ECCO-ESMO conference in Berlin, Sunday 20 to Thursday 24 September 2009.
Europe’s biggest cancer conference has, in previous years, dominated the cancer conversation with research from all areas such as policy, chemotherapy, genetics and new types of treatment. The video will be broadcast by open access journal ecancermedicalscience, the ECCO ESMO official multi media partner.
Live content will be available to media only and will be available to view by all in perpetuity from an hour after the press conference, or after the embargo has lifted. Register here to access the webcasts:
www.ecancermedicalscience.com/pressconference
Times of broadcast on ecancer are:
Topics to be covered include:
ecancer is the official multimedia partner of the ECCO15 ESMO 34 Congress.
Cancer Intelligence launches its online, open access journal 'ecancermedicalscience' at ECCO 14 in Barcelona on 23rd September 2007. The conference, organised by the European CanCer Organisation, is the fourteenth of its kind, where latest research from across Europe will be presented, aiming to translate science into Clinical care. With a European audience of over 14,000 specialists, Cancer Intelligence are overjoyed to be unveiling the virtual pages of ecancermedicalscience including, ecancer TV, peer reviewed articles and the latest in cancer policy. ecancermedicalscience are located on booth F7 at ECCO 14, so visit us and become interactive. For more information on ecancermedicalscience, or ECCO 14, visit www.ecancermedicalscience.com
Jonathan Birch, a MSc graduate in Science, Media and Communication has joined the CI team. Jonathan brings his creativity and knowledge of media, specifically in science to a rapidly growing team.
Cancer Intelligence are branching out — with the impending unveiling of our online cancer journal ecancermedicalscience, and the recent launch of ecancermedia, and ecancer jobs, cancer intelligence are growing their team.