by Irina Ban, presentation held at the 2012 ICCCPO conference in London This article is about communication of parents of children with cancer from the Balkan region, which started in very difficult and unusual circumstances. The Balkan region is on the South-East of Europe and only three countries from the region are in the European

Gerlind Bode, ICCCPO advisor A new EU funded project, called EPOC, deals with the research of the drug doxorubicin to provide better understanding of the effects and side effects. Today' treatment of children with cancer is standardized by national and international protocols which are the result of long term experiences in treating these patients. However,