Time To Accelerate: Action on Men and Cancer

Each year, thousands of men in Europe are diagnosed with cancer. The European Cancer Organisation is committed to tackling all cancer types by spreading awareness, providing support and campaigning for greater prevention efforts. Therefore, we have set up the workstream 'Men and Cancer' because of men's significant excess burden of cancer incidence and mortality across the European region and because this issue is not yet being addressed effectively by policymakers regionally or nationally.

 

An important inititative of the workstream is a production of the Roadmap for Improvement, that will be launched on Wednesday 29 November at 16:30-17:30 CET at the European Parliament.

 

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The meeting will be co-chaired by Hendrik Van Poppel and Peter Baker, ECO Men and Cancer Workstream Co-Chairs, and Sarah Collen, ECO Inequalities Network Co-Chair.

29 November 2023 16:30 - 17:30 CET

European Parliament
Rue Wiertz 60, 1047 Bruxelles

Programme:

16:30-16:35 – Welcome and introduction
  • Peter Baker, ECO Men and Cancer Workstream Co-Chair
  • Hendrik Van Poppel, ECO Men and Cancer Workstream Co-Chair
16:35-16:40 – Opening statements
  • Alessandra Moretti MEP
  • István Ujhelyi MEP
16:40-16:50 – Presentation of the Roadmap for Improvement
  • Peter Baker, ECO Men and Cancer Workstream Co-Chair
  • Sarah Collen, ECO Inequalities Network Co-Chair
16:50-17:00 – Intervention from the EU Commission
  • Domenico Fiorenza, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
17:00-17:10 – Patient testimony
  • Patrick Howard, Penile cancer survivor
17:10-17:20 – What next?
  • Hendrik Van Poppel, ECO Men and Cancer Workstream Co-Chair
17:20-17:25 – Q&A
  • Hendrik Van Poppel, ECO Men and Cancer Workstream Co-Chair
17:25-17:30 – Closing remarks
  • Hendrik Van Poppel, ECO Men and Cancer Workstream Co-Chair
  • Peter Baker, ECO Men and Cancer Workstream Co-Chair

 

Related Resources

  • Men and cancer: Raising the issues
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