The ESMO leadership and the leaders of the Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology (CSCO) signed an agreement to collaborate formally on ESMO Open, ESMO’s fully openaccess scientific journal. ESMO Open (www.esmoopen.bmj.com)  has enjoyed considerable success since its launch in January this year and the collaboration with CSCO is seen as both an exciting and natural development. 

ESMO Open Editor-in-chief Christoph Zielinski said, “One of the goals of ESMO Open has been to reach out to global oncology audience. ESMO already works with CSCO on a number of activities, most notably the ESMO Asia congress, and involving them in ESMO Open seems entirely logical. We are looking forward to CSCO members using the journal’s open access format to drive wider visibility of their own research as well as learning about studies undertaken by fellow professionals around the world.”