Out-Law.com reports that the European Society of Medical Oncologists (ESMO) is concerned “the survival of retrospective clinical research, biobanking and population-based cancer registries” could be put at risk if the proposed EU General Data Protection Regulation becomes law. ESMO has recommended the regulation give “researchers the right to use patient data and tissues ‘forever’ on the basis of a ‘one-time consent’ to that use from patients,” the report states. In a position paper, ESMO said, “This consent could be withdrawn by the patient at any time, but researchers should not be compelled to ask for ‘re-consent’ by patients whenever new research is planned on their data and/or tissues."
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