The International Confederation of Childhood Cancer Parent Organizations (ICCCPO) celebrated its twentieth anniversary in May 2014 in Valencia, Spain, during the 5th Europe Meeting. Some of the founding members and more than 100 people participated in the ceremonial act at the Placa de Pineda, a historical building in the old town of Valencia. Representatives from European parent and survivor organisations, the entire ICCCPO board, SIOP’s past President Gabriele Calaminus, several founding and honorary members of ICCCPO as well as Spanish local and regional politicians attended the meeting.
To this wide and receptive audience Patty Brouwer presented the GAPP Project, which final goal is to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of gabapentin both as monotherapy and as add-on therapy for the treatment of chronic pain, which affects children with various illnesses, including cancer.
