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news
30 April 2021
Richard Price, EU Affairs Policy Manager, European Cancer Organisation
With COVID-19 vaccination campaigns continuing apace now across Europe, attention to the rebuild ahead is growing. Indeed, our ‘Time to Act’ campaign responds in part to this, seeking, among other objectives, to help stimulate some deeper thinking by policymakers on new ways to do cancer care better in the future.
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26 April 2021
In European Immunisation Week 2021 (26 April – 2 May), the European Cancer Organisation’s HPV Action Network is calling for the establishment of an HPV Vaccine Tracker to be hosted by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). This monitoring system would provide invaluable information about EU Member States’ progress towards meeting the Beating Cancer Plan’s goal of eliminating the cancers caused by HPV.
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Event
11 May 2021, Virtual Event
We are pleased to announce the virtual launch event of the Time To Act campaign in over 20 languages: Don’t let Covid-19 stop you from tackling Cancer. This will be held on Tuesday 11 May from 11:00-12:00 CEST and you can register, free-of-charge, by clicking the “Apply for Registration” button.
This event will bring together European political leaders in cancer, including EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides and the Chair and MEPs from the EU Parliament’s Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA), as well as other policy-makers, healthcare professionals and patient advocates who are all very concerned about the negative impact of Covid-19 on Cancer. We are very grateful to our Campaign Supporters including our Member Societies, Patient Advocacy Groups and some Community 365 Contributors. Please share this information with your network of contacts working in Cancer across Europe.
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21 April 2021
Article published in the Journal of Cancer Policy.
There are considerable disparities between the quality of cancer care and clinical outcomes for cancer patients in different European countries, regions, hospitals and communities. These have persisted despite the introduction of many European and National Cancer Plans, an extensive portfolio of clinical guidelines and the existence of evidence based guidelines for the good practice in planning cancer healthcare systems.
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reports
April 2021
We are pleased to present to you our Annual Report. At the European Cancer Organisation, during 2020, we were determined that we would not allow the pandemic to slow down the momentum of implementing our four-year Strategy, establishing nine new Focused Topic Networks of collaboration and consensus building, as well as launching a new brand in addition to a new website. Moreover, we concretised a long lasting tool that we believe to be helpful in improving cancer care and patient rights; the European Code of Cancer Practice translated in over 25 languages.
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20 April 2021
We are pleased to present to you our Annual Report. At the European Cancer Organisation, during 2020, we were determined that we would not allow the pandemic to slow down the momentum of implementing our four-year Strategy, establishing nine new Focused Topic Networks of collaboration and consensus building, as well as launching a new brand in addition to a new website. Moreover, we concretised a long lasting tool that we believe to be helpful in improving cancer care and patient rights; the European Code of Cancer Practice translated in 25 languages.
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news
08 April 2021
Speaking with Members Societies of the European Cancer Organisation and its Patient Advisory Committee yesterday, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides encouraged all stakeholders in improving cancer care to mobilise towards the achievement of the common vision of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan.
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reports
April 2021
The European Cancer Organisation (E.C.O.) has published a consensus paper conveying the critical challenges for the cancer workforce in the context of implementing Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. The four key challenges are described as:
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news
07 April 2021
Ahead of a meeting today with the EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, the European Cancer Organisation (E.C.O.) has published a new consensus paper conveying the critical challenges for the cancer workforce in the context of implementing Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. The four key challenges are described as:
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