Research suggests that 45% of LGBTIQ individuals in the EU experience difficulties accessing healthcare, with trans women, men, and intersex persons being disproportionately affected (EU FRA, LGBTIQ at a crossroads, 2024). Inadequate training, non-inclusive policies, and the absence of safe spaces compound these challenges.
Against this backdrop, the European Cancer Organisation during the European Cancer Summit launched a new pan-European citizen and patient survey, addressing disparities faced by LGBTIQ individuals in cancer screening and care.
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Today, the European Cancer Organisation held its General Assembly, where its Member Societies elected Isabel Rubio as the President-Elect of the European Cancer Organisation.
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Europe has exciting opportunities for improving cancer care and patient outcomes within its grasp. Yet these are not fully utilised currently with policy obstacles for their adoption still to be addressed. So concludes a new Policy Action report of the European Cancer Organisation: ‘Unlocking Potential: New Treatment Paradigms in European Cancer Care’.
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Noting the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s Mission Letter1 to the Commissioner Designate Olivér Várhelyi, calling on a comprehensive approach to health promotion and disease prevention across the life course, the European Cancer Organisation, the European Lung Foundation, the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, the European Respiratory Society, the European Society for Medical Oncology, the European Society of Cardiology, Lung Cancer Europe, Lungs Europe, the Smoke Free Partnership, jointly call for acceleration of the implementation of the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan (EBCP) during the new European Commission mandate.
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An estimated 12 million women in Europe are currently living with cancer. Another 1.2 million women are diagnosed with the disease each year – and nearly 600,000 are dying from it annually.
Enough is enough!
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Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine - On Wednesday, 23 October 2024, the European Cancer Organisation (ECO) will join the Carpathian Institute of Analytics (FrankoLytics) to participate in the event ‘Special Needs of Displaced People with Cancer and the Healthcare Workforce: A Focus on Ukraine’.
Read moreOn 10 October each year, we pause and reflect on World Mental Health Day.
The theme of this year’s campaign: ‘It is Time to Prioritise Mental Health in the Workplace’.
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Our CEO, Mike Morrissey, has decided to take up a new position and will be ending his management company’s agreement with ECO at the end of this year.
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On 25 September, during the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Prof. Daniel Kelly, representing the European Cancer Organisation and ECO's HPV and Hep B Action Network, participated in a critical meeting to discuss accelerating the elimination of cervical cancer and other HPV-related cancers.
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