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reports
September 2018
The report reflects 25 interviews with stakeholders from the European oncology community. The results identify a standard set of eight “pragmatic outcome measures” in cancer care that have value to both clinical teams and patients.
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news
17 July 2018
Improving the measurement of quality cancer care, addressing financial discrimination endured by cancer survivors and better integrating primary care to improve cancer care are the three major themes of the draft ECCO 2018 European Cancer Summit resolutions published for open consultation today for 5 weeks and ends at 17:00 CET, 21 August 2018.
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news
19 June 2018
By Philip Poortmans, President of the European Cancer Organisation (2018/2019)
Cancer care in Europe must meet its good news challenges - the good news that people are living longer; that scientific and medical advances are offering innovative treatment options not previously possible; and that professions across the cancer care continuum are developing increasing levels of specialisation. But this good news has implications for healthcare budgets. Continued improvement in cancer care may become stalled unless the health economics challenge of cancer care is met.
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news
16 May 2018
By Philip Poortmans, President of the European Cancer Organisation (2018/2019)
Aristotle said, “quality is not an act, it is a habit”. On becoming President of the European Cancer Organisation, I think of this advice when considering how to deliver the European Cancer Organisation's mission: improving outcomes for cancer patients through multidisciplinarity.
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news
09 May 2018
The European Cancer Organisation and the Collaboration for Oncology Data in Europe (CODE) are embarking on a joint initiative to explore outcomes measurement within cancer care. The goal is to further explore the topic of outcomes measurement to identify metrics of high clinical value, meaningful for both patients and clinicians, but which can be measured efficiently and be put “at the right scale”. This work will be part of the longer journey towards comprehensive outcomes measurement.
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news
24 April 2018
Under the governance and oversight of the Oncopolicy Committee Executive, the European Cancer Organisation has recently provided formal views to the European Commission on the following subjects:
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news
24 April 2018
Under the governance and oversight of the European Cancer Organisation's Oncopolicy Committee Executive, the European Cancer Organisation has recently provided formal views to the European Commission on the following subjects:
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news
20 April 2018
Fourteen organisations, including the European Cancer Organisation, have issued a joint statement as part of the ongoing #EU4Health campaign. Among other key asks, the joint statement entitled “Europe, let’s do more for Health!” calls for strong leadership with targeted and effective EU action on health, a framework for tackling non-communicable diseases and for EU to drive patients’ empowerment.
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position-statements
April 2018
Fourteen organisations, including the European Cancer Organisation, have issued a joint statement as part of the ongoing #EU4Health campaign.
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