European Cancer Organisation Response to European Commission Cross-border Health Threats Consultation

In January 2021, the European Cancer Organisation responded to a European Commission consultation on Serious Cross Border Health Threats. A short summary of our response follows:

The Promise of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan won’t be Unlocked without Addressing the Cancer Workforce Challenges

By Matti Aapro, President of the European Cancer Organisation

Managers of any organisation, the world over, root themselves in the understanding that “your workforce is your most valuable asset”. Yet, what ought to be a self-evident truth can also sometimes get lost within new strategy formulation. Reflecting on Europe’s new Beating Cancer Plan, while I give it very many stars of approval for its breadth and ambition, among the elements I might have wished received more explicit attention, are the needs of our cancer workforce. Quite simply, there is no cancer care without a cancer workforce.

European Cancer Organisation Response to European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control: Reinforced Mandate

The European Cancer Organisation supports the Commission’s proposal to reinforce the mandate of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

European Cancer Organisation Response to European Commission Food Labelling Consultation

The European Cancer Organisation supports the role and the need for the European Union in helping countries take bold actions on cancer prevention together.

The Time to Act is Now. Action Report from Covid-19 & Cancer Workforce Special Network Meeting

By Matti Aapro, President of the European Cancer Organisation

The European Cancer Organisation’s Workforce Network and Special Network on the Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer have both published timely and important policy papers in recent months that set out the key challenges resulting from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

These Reports are accompanied by firm policy recommendations, backed up by robust intelligence and active campaigns, to address these challenges and ensure we not only overcome the problems caused by the pandemic, but also seize the possibilities to rebuild our cancer care systems and make them more resilient.

The Time to Act is Now. Action Report from Covid-19 & Cancer Workforce Special Network Meeting

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has brought about a number of challenges to cancer care and management. These require timely and firm policy responses, backed up by robust intelligence and active campaigns, to ensure that services are not only more resilient to future challenges but also built back better than before.

Primary Prevention Hub

Our Primary Prevention Hub brings together resources and information from a broad range of organisations, including our Member Societies, Patient Advisory Committee and other stakeholders.

Cancer Will Not Wait for the Covid-19 Pandemic to End. It is Time to Act.

Flash report from the launch of the European Cancer Organisation’s Time To Act Campaign

EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides, together with leading Members of the European Parliament, officials of the European Commission and representatives of the cancer patient and healthcare professional community, came together today to launch the “Time to Act” campaign.

Time To Act: European Cancer Organisation Calls for Urgent Action as One Million Cancer Cases are Undiagnosed in Europe Due to Covid-19

Nearly one million Cancer cases in Europe are being missed due to Covid-19, according to new data published today by the European Cancer Organisation (E.C.O).

The findings, a stark reminder of the challenges facing cancer care services in Europe during the pandemic, coincide with the launch of Time To Act, E.C.O’s campaign to urge the public, cancer patients, policymakers and healthcare professionals to ensure Covid-19 does not continue to undermine the fight against Cancer.