PAINLESS Project at the 13th International Seminar of the European Palliative Care Research Centre 

The 13^th International Seminar of the European Palliative Care Research Centre took place over two days (1^st-2^nd February) in Zurich, Switzerland. 

The theme of this year’s seminar was ‘Preparing for the future of palliative care . Science is our success’’ and was reflected in themed sessions on: 

• Palliative Care for Cancer patients across Europe  
• EU / large international projects   
• Technologies in palliative and patient centred care  
• The future of palliative care medicine and research – why is it so difficult to implement?  
• Symptom management and Patient-centred care   

Delegates were welcomed to this international seminar by David Blum (Switzerland) and Stein Kaasa and Tonje Lundeby from Norway.  In the session on the first day on EU / large international projects chaired by Camilla Zimmermann and Claudia Bausewein, the PAINLESS project was presented by Prof María Teresa Carrillo De La Peña entitled ‘PAINLESS – Pain relief in palliative care of cancer (using home-based neuromodulation and predictive biomarkers)’’. 

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