[The building of a curriculum as a research project: a core curriculum in oncology]

A core curriculum for a post basic course in cancer nursing is presented. A review of training of nurse in cancer in Europe was undertaken in 1987 and the results evidenced important variations among countries and within the same country. In response to the Advisory Committee on training in Nursing recommendations EONS in association with Marie Curie Memorial Foundation organized a workshop, where representatives of the 12 member states of the EEC, actively involved in cancer nursing education, were invited to prepare a core curriculum in cancer nursing education.