GORTEC (Groupe d'Oncologie Radiothérapie Tête Et Cou or Head and Neck Oncology and Radiotherapy Group) was created in 1999 by five founding centers (Clermont-Ferrand, Nancy, Nantes, Tours and Villejuif) with the aim of coordinating clinical and/or laboratory studies in the field of cervicofacial oncology. GORTEC studies are open to all centers wishing to participate. However, a quality control of the records of patients included in these trials is routinely performed by outside experts.
A few figures
Investigators
Cancer treatment centers
Member physicians
Employees
- Multidisciplinary network of around 500 Investigators: Surgeons, Radiotherapists, Oncologists, Radiologists.
- Network of >100 cancer treatment centers in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Tunisia, Germany and Spain
- National and international clinical trials: Phase III (predominantly), Phase II & Phase I.
- Founding member of and driving force behind Intergroupe ORL (ENT intergoup), labeled by INCa (Institut National du Cancer or French National Cancer Institute) since 2012
- Over 150 members (Physicians)
- More than 30 employees
- Organization of biannual scientific meetings (>130 participants)
The management board holds the broadest possible powers within the limits of the objectives of the Association and the decisions of the General Assembly, and has eight members, including a Chairperson a Treasurer and a Secretary, one or two Vice-Chairs, a Vice Secretary and a Vice-Treasurer.
Prof. Jean Bourhis
Head of the Radio-Oncology Department
CHUV - LausanneChairman
Prof. Juliette Thariat
Radiotherapy Department
Centre François Baclesse - CaenGeneral Secretary
Dr Yoann Pointreau
Radiotherapy Department
J.Bernard - Le Mans / CHU ToursTreasurer
Pr Christophe Le Tourneau
Oncology Department
Institut Curie - ParisVice President
Dr Yungan Tao
Radiotherapy Department
IGR VillejuifVice President
Dr Pierre Boisselier
Radiotherapy Department
CRLC Val d'Aurelle - Montpellier
Dr Pierre Graff
Radiotherapy Department
Institut C. Regaud - Toulouse
Dr Laurent Martin
Radiotherapy Department
Centre G. Le Conquérant - Le Havre
Dr Xu Shan Sun
Radiotherapy Department
CHU Besançon / HNFC
In parallel with the Management Board, the association has set up a Strategic and Scientific Committee composed of some twenty members, who are very active in terms of patient recruitment for clinical studies. The Strategic and Scientific Committee defines the association’s scientific policy. The Committee’s mission is to assess action strategies to elucidate and propose to the Management Board evolutions with respect to GORTEC’s missions and the actions envisaged.
Strategic and Scientific Committee
Prof. Jean Bourhis
Head of the Radio-Oncology Department
CHUV - LausanneChairman
Prof. Juliette Thariat
Radiotherapy Department
Centre François Baclesse - CaenGeneral Secretary
Dr Yoann Pointreau
Radiotherapy Department
J.Bernard - Le Mans / CHU ToursTreasurer
Other members
Dr Marc Alfonsi
ENT-Neuro Oncology Unit
Institut Sainte-Catherine
Dr Anne Auperin
Medical Health Department
IGR Villejuif
Dr René-Jean Bensadoun
Oncology – Radiotherapy Department
Centre de Haute Energie - Nice
Dr Pierre Boisselier
Radiotherapy Department
CRLC Val d'Aurelle - Montpellier
Dr Christian Borel
Medical Oncology
Centre Paul Strauss – Strasbourg
Dr Caroline Even
Medical Oncology
IGR Villejuif
Dr Lionnel Geoffrois
Oncologie Médicale – Tumeurs urologiques et germinales
Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine - Nancy
Dr Pierre Graff
Radiotherapy Department
Institut C. Regaud - Toulouse
Dr Michel Lapeyre
Radiotherapy Department
Centre Jean Perrin – Clermont-Ferrand
Dr Laurent Martin
Radiotherapy Department
Centre G. Le Conquérant - Le Havre
Dr Séverine Racadot
Radiotherapy Department
Centre Léon Bérard – Lyon
Dr Frédéric Rolland
Medical Oncology
Institut de Cancérologie de l’Ouest – Nantes
Dr Christian Sire
Radiotherapy Department
Hôpital du Scorff – Lorient
Dr Xu Shan Sun
Radiotherapy Department
CHU Besançon / HNFC
Dr Yungan Tao
Radiotherapy Department
IGR Villejuif
Pr Christophe Le Tourneau
Medical Oncology
Institut Curie - Paris
Dr Morbize Julieron
ENT and Cervicofacial surgery
Centre Oscar Lambret - Lille
Dr Julian Biau
Radiotherapy
Centre Jean Perrin – Clermont-Ferrand
Dr Joël Castelli
Radiotherapy
Centre Eugène Marquis – Rennes