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08 July 2020
The European Cancer Organisation welcomes the commitment to producing a new EU Pharmaceutical Strategy, and the accompanying commitment to public consultation on its content.
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01 July 2020
Dr Matti Aapro, President of the European Cancer Organisation has welcomed the creation of a new Intergroup of the European Parliament, 'Challenge Cancer' as a new forum for assisting Members of the European Parliament in scrutinising and improving current initiatives of the EU impacting cancer care.
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30 June 2020
In this edition of our montly update, we highlight the following current policy initiatives of our Member Societies and Patient Advisory Committee:
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26 June 2020
The European Commission has published the Interim Report of the Mission Board for Cancer. This remains a draft outline of what the Mission Board consider should be the core components of the EU Cancer Mission, which will commence in 2021. A final outline will be provided in December of this year.
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19 June 2020
Responding to the vote by the European Parliament this afternoon to form a new Special Committee on Beating Cancer, Dr Matti Aapro, President of the European Cancer Organisation said:
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15 June 2020
We are pleased to have three not-for-profit organisations join European Cancer Community 365 as Contributors and Supporters. Community 365 is a group of charity, philanthropy and industry contributors to the Focused Topic Networks of the European Cancer Organisation.
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11 June 2020
What are the core elements of quality cancer care when it comes to treating and caring for prostate cancer patients? What might improved EU policy be able to achieve in this respect?
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11 June 2020
Across Europe, the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on citizens' health and overall wellbeing are evident. Besides the suffering and death related to the virus and to the economic impact of needed measures, it is also becoming clear that the COVID-19 emergency is leading to significant excess deaths in other diseases, including cancer.
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04 June 2020
We are delighted to announce that our General Assembly today confirmed that we are welcoming three new Member Societies into the European Cancer Organisation and four new patient advocacy groups are becoming members of our Patient Advisory Committee. This brings us to a total of 31 European level Member Societies and 20 patient advocacy groups within the family of the European Cancer Organisation.
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