The European Working Group on Clinical Cell Analysis (EWGCCA) has recently been transformed into European Society for Clinical Cell Analysis (ESCCA).
In line with the goals of the EWGCCA, the mission of ESCCA is as follows:
1. To foster the development, standardization and implementation of clinical applications of cell analysis in the diagnosis and management of human pathologic conditions, allowing the access to scientific educational material produced by the Society;
2. To establish guidelines on a Continental basis;
3. To allow the participation to standardisation trials;
4. To allow the participation to Consensus Conferences
5. To stimulate and promote research in new applications of cell analysis and allied disciplines;
6. To promote professional advancement in all aspects of clinical cell analysis and to foster education and the exchange of information among persons engaged in clinical cell analysis by means of an annual international meeting and of a variety of educational activities;
7. To issue publications in the field of clinical cell analysis and its applications;
8. To interact with agencies, both private and governmental, which regulate, oversee, monitor and control the practice of clinical cell analysis, in the interest and for the benefit of the patients it serves.
The rationale for this transformation is that EWGCCA was a foundation which did not allow personal membership. Since 1996 for the EWGCCA and now for ESCCA one of the goals is to organize annually a high-quality course in clinical cytometry in combination with an international conference on clinical cell analysis, and it is now possible to become a member of it. All the participants to the 3rd Course/7th Euroconference may automatically join the Society for 2007 (at no charge) if they ask for membership.
Our Board Members are widespread in the European countries, as you can see in the map below.
