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08 February 2024
Empowering Cancer Care: Ground-breaking new EU Inter-Specialty Cancer Training Programme launched in Barcelona
8 February, Barcelona - Cancer patients in Europe are treated by an array of different specialties and professions: medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgical oncologists, cancer nurses and many others. For cancer care to be delivered optimally, close collaboration among these professionals is essential. But that requires a thorough knowledge of each other’s roles and goals in treating any patient.
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05 February 2024
It is with great sadness that the European Cancer Organisation has learned of the recent passing of John Ryan, the former deputy general at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety. Our condolences go out to all those who knew John.
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05 February 2024
Despite modern advances in cancer care and prevention, half the world’s population lacks access to essential health services. In this light, World Cancer Day 2024 (4 February) was dedicated to fighting inequity in cancer care.
Professor Csaba Dégi, president of the European Cancer Organisation (ECO) said: ‘Europe is a heatmap of inequalities in cancer care. We have to rewrite the story of cancer: equal access for every European.' As a result, ECO joined forces with partners across Europe. Among its many efforts:
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01 February 2024
In advance of World Cancer Day, and as part of a national country visit at the invitation of ELLOK – the Hellenic Cancer Federation, ECO met with Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Marios Themistocleous and Ministry of Health Secretary General of Health Services, Lilian Venetia Vildiridis.
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01 February 2024
Time To Accelerate: Together Against Cancer – In Greece and Across Europe
Ahead of World Cancer Day, the Hellenic Cancer Federation ELLOK unites with the European Cancer Organisation to promote Greece’s role in the fight against cancer.
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30 January 2024
World Cancer Day is coming. Every year, the cancer community comes together to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment.
Three years have now passed since the adoption of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. In our pursuit of closing the care gap. ECO and its community are joining forces with the European Commission on a high-level event hosted by Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, to take stock of Europe’s efforts to improve the lives of everyone touched by cancer and to take the lead in the fight against this disease.
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29 January 2024
Bridging the Gap: Prioritising Cancer Care in Europe's Rural Landscapes
“Despite equitable healthcare being a key European policy focus, the needs of rural people living with cancer have largely been neglected.”
In the pursuit of equitable healthcare across Europe, a key aspect has often been overlooked—the challenges faced by individuals in rural areas living with cancer. In the first 2024 issue of the Journal of Cancer Policy, a new publication sheds light on the rights of European citizens residing in rural settings. Led by David Nelson from the Lincoln International Institute for Rural Health, the article emphasises the imperative need to implement the European Code of Cancer Practice in these often-neglected regions.
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29 January 2024
The next TRANSiTION event, taking place in Barcelona on 16 February and hosted by the Work Package 4 team, will feature the unveiling of the new curricula. Attendees will be able to share their opinions and provide valuable feedback.
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29 January 2024
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. But for how much longer? How much longer will it take to eliminate the human papilloma virus (HPV) that causes this deadly disease?
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