Miguel Bronchud, Veteran Cancer Clinician and Researcher and Co-Founder of Regenerative Medicine Solutions, shared European Institute of Oncology’s post on LinkedIn, adding:
“The European School of Oncology (ESO) was born from Veronesi’s pioneering idea in the 1970s: the need to unite Europe in the fight against cancer.
While the United States concentrated enormous resources on the National Cancer Institute, Veronesi imagined a European response: training a new generation of oncologists with a shared, modern, and deeply human culture.
Thanks to the support of Princess Domietta Del Drago, ESO was founded in 1982 as an independent, non-profit institution. The first residential course on Lake Como introduced an innovative model: teachers and students living together, learning together, and truly sharing knowledge.
Since then, more than 15,000 professionals have taken part in ESO’s programmes. I was amongst the early lucky students first (in Lake Como in the mid 1980s) and later professor and an early collaborator and teacher, including during the construction of the IEO , or European Institute of Oncology. Not an easy project then (in Milan); considering the original idea and great financial investments, as well as complex political and competing interests at the time in Italy.
But Umberto’s (and Alberto’s, Costa) diplomatic and negotiating skills were also exceptional.
ESO’s motto, ’learning to care‘, captured Prof. Veronesi’s core contribution: putting the person, not just the disease, at the centre.
In 2031, ESO will celebrate its 50th anniversary, honouring a story built on a bold vision and an enduring commitment that continues to inspire European oncology.”
Quoting European Institute of Oncology’s post:
“Professor Umberto Veronesi was a man capable of looking far ahead, opening new paths and imagining a medicine in which research and attention to the person were always at the center.
Ten years after his death, his teaching continues to accompany us and inspire our work, every day.
Thank you.”
You can also read: The 100th Anniversary of Prof. Umberto Veronesi – CancerWorld
