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Lugano, Switzerland; Denver, CO, USA, 11 March 2021 - The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) have the pleasure of announcing that the Heine H. Hansen Award 2021 is conferred on Johan Vansteenkiste, Professor of Medicine at the Catholic University of Leuven and Head of Clinic in the Respiratory Oncology Unit and its Clinical Trial Unit at University Hospitals Leuven. An internationally renowned clinical researcher and devoted educator in the field of lung cancer, Vansteenkiste will have the opportunity to give an award lecture at the upcoming European Lung Cancer Virtual Congress (ELCC) 2021. (1, 2, 3) The event will also feature the lecture of the 2020 award recipient Fiona Blackhall, Professor of Thoracic Oncology at Manchester Cancer Research Centre, University of Manchester, and Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. (4) The Heine H. Hansen A