Young Cancer Professionals Roundtable: Empathy in Cancer Treatment and Compassion Fatigue
25 June 2025, BrusselsCancer is a complex experience, affecting not only the body but also the mind. Empathetic care reduces the uncertainty and stress felt by many patients, prompting them to be more receptive to treatment, accelerating progress, and achieving better outcomes.
In a field where compassion can be lifesaving, healthcare professionals often walk a fine line between caring for others and safeguarding their own well-being.
The International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) and the European Cancer Organisation brought a special Young Cancer Professionals Roundtable on ‘Empathy in cancer treatment and compassion fatigue.’
Participants shared insights from their professional experience and shared strategies to navigate the challenges of empathetic care.
The online event took place on Wednesday 25 June, 16:00–17:30 CEST.
Read moreCommunity 365 Roundtable. Cancer care: are we treating the whole patient?
27 May 2025, BrusselsOn Tuesday 27 May, the 2025 ECO Community 365 Roundtable series continued with the question: ‘Cancer care: are we treating the whole patient?’
As Sir William Osler famously said, ‘The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.’ This roundtable embraceed that principle and explored essential yet often overlooked dimensions of cancer care.
Thank you for joining the discussion!
Read moreCombatting Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare: A Case Study of Prostate and Breast Cancer
09 April 2025, Brussels
Evolving Professions within the Multidisciplinary Cancer Care Team
03 April 2025, BrusselsStrengthening Collaboration among Healthcare Professionals
The European Cancer Organisation (ECO) joined the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP) for a unique online event.
A group of young professionals from diverse specialities discussed the importance of multidisciplinary approaches to cancer care: from diagnostic to treatment and beyond. Participants had the chance to hear from medical physicists as they shared their daily experience in hospitals and learned about INTERACT-EUROPE 100, an EU-funded project that is improving interdisciplinary training across Europe.
The full Roundtable recording is available now.
Read moreWOMEN & CANCER ’12 MILLION REASONS FOR ACTION!’
06 March 2025, Brussels
From Data to Action: Advancing Public Health through Quality-of-Life Measurement
26 February 2025, Brussels
A Shared Vision for South East Europe: Eliminating HPV Cancers Together
23 January 2025, Brussels
PROTECT-EUROPE Masterclass 10 - No One Left Behind: Reaching Marginalised Communities with HPV Protection
27 November 2024, Brussels
smartCARE & PROTECT-EUROPE Showcase Event
22 November 2024, BrusselsOne Showcase Event for Two Stellar Projects
On the day after the European Cancer Summit the smartCARE & PROTECT-EUROPE Showcase Event highlighted the main lessons and opportunities from these two flagship EU4Health projects.
Read moreEuropean Cancer Summit 2024
20 - 21 November 2024, BrusselsThe European Cancer Summit is the leading cancer policy forum in Europe. For two days each year it brings together the brightest minds in oncology, patient advocacy and policymaking to offer innovative solutions to some of the most pressing challenges in cancer care today.There is simply nothing like it.
Read morePROTECT-EUROPE Masterclass 8 - The Economic Case for HPV Vaccination: Securing Health, Saving Lives
29 October 2024, Brussels
Young Cancer Professionals’ Roundtable: Challenges in The Education of Young Cancer Professionals
24 October 2024, BrusselsOn 24 October, the Young Cancer Professionals group hosted its first Roundtable event, a joint effort between the European Cancer Organisation (ECO) and the European Society of Pathology (ESP).
We exchanged views on the latest advances and challenges in European pathology and innovative solutions to some of the biggest educational challenges faced by young professionals. Participants also had the opportunity to get an inside look at the INTERACT-EUROPE 100, an EU4Health project reshaping cancer care interdisciplinary training.
Thank you to everyone for joining the discussion!
Read moreINTERACT-EUROPE 100 Research-Based Hybrid Event
23 October 2024, BrusselsSpecial Needs of Displaced People with Cancer and Healthcare Workforce: A Focus on Ukraine
The INTERACT-EUROPE 100 Research-Based Hybrid Event ‘Special Needs of Displaced People with Cancer and Healthcare Workforce: A Focus on Ukraine’ which took place in Ukraine and virtually on Wednesday 23 October 2024 from 10:00 to 15:00 CEST.
Uniting Forces: Addressing Needs in Blood Cancer Care
11 October 2024, BrusselsEvery year around 300,000 EU citizens receive a diagnosis for a haematalogical malignancy, including leukaemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma. Each cancer type places its own unique demands on health systems and how they can best prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat these diseases.
To this end, the European Cancer Organisation is supporting the EU-funded research project SANGUINE to investigate novel approaches to early detection of these blood cancers. It is also bringing together its member societies, patient organisations and other entities to identify precisely what is needed for better blood cancer treatment.
Stakeholders from across Europe and beyond joined us as we explored the latest developments in these fields and their potential impact on enhancing blood cancer care.
Thank you to all who participated in this valuable event.
Read morePROTECT-EUROPE Masterclasses 6 & 7 - Let's Talk HPV
10 October 2024, Brussels
From Gaps to Growth: Delivering Digital Skills in Cancer Care
09 October 2024, BrusselsA Stakeholder Forum for the TRANSiTION Project
Background
Despite digital health's potential, challenges persist in cancer care, including a scarcity of workforce training on digital skills and limited digital health literacy.
Digital literacy among healthcare professionals, non-clinical professionals (i.e. health managers) and cancer patients is crucial for the successful digital solutions uptake and integration across the cancer continuum hence capitalizing on its full potential. Education and training in digital health are identified as top priorities for developing the future healthcare workforce (i.e. healthcare professionals and non-clinical professionals), improving the quality of care and quality of care experience and enabling patient access to improved healthcare services.
Read moreThe EU’s HTA regulation: Are we ready for kick-off?
08 October 2024, BrusselsOn Tuesday, 8 October 2024 ECO Community 365 Roundtable series put a spotlight on the issue of ‘EU HTA Cooperation’
Read morePROTECT-EUROPE Masterclass 5 - All You Need to Know About HPV Vaccine Safety
25 July 2024, Brussels
PROTECT-EUROPE Masterclass 4: Exploring a Single-Dose Approach for HPV Vaccination
08 July 2024, Brussels
Community 365 Roundtable on Time to Treatment
02 July 2024, BrusselsOn Tuesday 2 July, the 2024 ECO Community 365 Roundtable series continued with a spotlight placed on the issue of ‘Time to Treatment’. The discussion explored the extent to which patients experience unnecessary and concerning delays across the cancer care continuum – from detection to diagnosis to treatment. This included examining regional variations within Europe, tumour-specific delays, factors contributing to those delays, and potential solutions.
The roundtable was co-chaired by Peter Albers, Professor of Urology, Düsseldorf University & Division Head, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ); and Aleksandra Kaczmarek, Public Policy Manager, Digestive Cancers Europe. The event brought together experts from across the oncology community, including clinicians, patient representatives, technologists, researchers, and healthcare administrators.
A summary of the roundtable and resulting policy recommendations is now available in the Policy Action Report.
Read moreAchieving Impact: Strategies for Running Effective HPV Vaccination Campaigns
17 June 2024, Brussels
Community 365 Roundtable on New Treatment Paradigms
12 June 2024, BrusselsSince the launch of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan in 2021, science and technology have not stood still. New and innovative approaches towards cancer detection, diagnosis and treatment are arriving at an ever rapid pace, and include, but are not limited to, for example, cell therapy, radioligand therapy and the use of liquid biopsy. ECO’s Community 365 Roundtable on New Treatment Paradigms discussed the exciting potential of some of these approaches and the policy challenges of introducing them more widely in countries across Europe.
Read moreImproving Access: What are the Optimal Settings for Delivering HPV Vaccination?
23 May 2024, Brussels
Breaking Barriers: Understanding HPV Epidemiology and Reaching Equity Through Gender-Neutral Vaccination
22 April 2024, Brussels
Patient Navigation: The Path Towards Reduced Cancer Inequalities in Europe?
26 March 2024, BrusselsA Stakeholder Forum for the EU NAVIGATE Project
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HPV Awareness Day 2024 Webinar
04 March 2024, BrusselsHPV (human papillomavirus) is a sexually transmitted infection that causes about 5% of all cancers worldwide. The most common of these cancers is cervical, but the virus also causes in cancers of the vagina, vulva, anus, penis, head and neck. Currently, HPV is responsible for approximately 67,500 new cancer cases each year in the 27 EU Member States. All the HPV cancers can be eliminated by vaccination. It is safe, easy to deliver and has an immediate positive health impact.
On the occasion of HPV Awareness Day 2024, the European Cancer Organisation's HPV Action Network, together with a variety of partners and stakeholders, is holding a hybrid meeting to discuss the major outcomes from initiatives developed in countries across Europe, such as Romania, Croatia and Bulgaria, as well as beyond. Furthermore, new online resources for promoting awareness will be presented (alongside the International Papillomavirus Society) and we will unveil a new important building block in the PROTECT-EUROPE project.
Asking the Right Questions: Creating a Questionnaire to Assess Quality of Life in Cancer Patients
12 December 2023, BrusselsA Stakeholder Forum for the EUonQoL project: measuring what matters for cancer patients in Europe.
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Time To Accelerate: Action on Men and Cancer
29 November 2023, BrusselsEach year, thousands of men in Europe are diagnosed with cancer. The European Cancer Organisation is committed to tackling all cancer types by spreading awareness, providing support and campaigning for greater prevention efforts. Therefore, we have set up the workstream 'Men and Cancer' because of men's significant excess burden of cancer incidence and mortality across the European region and because this issue is not yet being addressed effectively by policymakers regionally or nationally.
An important inititative of the workstream is a production of the Roadmap for Improvement, that will be launched on Wednesday 29 November at 16:30-17:30 CET at the European Parliament.
The meeting will be co-chaired by Hendrik Van Poppel and Peter Baker, ECO Men and Cancer Workstream Co-Chairs, and Sarah Collen, ECO Inequalities Network Co-Chair.
Read moreINTERACT-EUROPE Showcase Event
16 - 17 November 2023, BrusselsPioneering the Future of Inter-Specialty Cancer Education: Breaking down barriers and uniting expertise.
On 17 November, the day after the European Cancer Summit 2023, the event brought together leading oncology education experts from across Europe, and many others, to consider ground-breaking new methods and tools for improving inter-specialty cancer training.
The INTERACT-EUROPE project, a flagship element of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, has developed an innovative new approach to supporting new levels of cooperation between professions involved in cancer care by creating a first-of-its-kind inter-speciality cancer training curriculum.
Tested by a pioneer cohort, and with technology-enhanced features, the showcase event looked to the future as ambitions increased to embrace more than 100 cancer centres in 15 or more countries to the programme by 2027.
The video recordings of the sessions are now available online alongside a picture gallery highlighting the key moments of the event.
Read moreEuropean Cancer Summit
15 - 16 November 2023, BrusselsAccelerating Momentum: A manifesto to 2030
The 2023 edition of the European Cancer Summit took place on 15&16 November 2023. Read more below.
Read moreCommunity 365 Roundtable on Genomic Tumour Testing: Delivering Precision Goals in European Oncology
03 October 2023, BrusselsOn Tuesday 3 October at 14:30 - 17:00 CEST, the European Cancer Organisation held the third Community 365 Roundtable event of 2023, on the subject of delivering Precision Goals in European Oncology.
The results and conclusions of this exercise were published via the new Action Report.
The meeting was co-chaired by Patrycja Rzadkowska, ECO PAC Member and Patient Advocate for Pancreatic Cancers Europe and Mark Lawler, ECO Board Member and Chair in Translational Cancer Genomics, Queen's University Belfast.
Genomic tumour testing plays a crucial role in precision medicine and personalised cancer treatment. By understanding the genetic makeup of a tumor, healthcare providers can tailor treatment strategies to individual patients, leading to improved outcomes. However, there are several challenges in implementing genomic tumour testing effectively, and this roundtable aims to address those challenges and discuss the way forward.
Read moreCaught in the Middle: Identifying Gaps for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer
27 September 2023, BrusselsThe STRONG-AYA project: improving the future of AYAs with cancer.
About the STRONG-AYA project
The STRONG-AYA project is a new, interdisciplinary, multi-stakeholder European network to improve healthcare services, research and outcomes for Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) with cancer, defined as individuals aged 15-39 years.
What is the STRONG-AYA Stakeholder Forum?
This STRONG-AYA Stakeholder Forum entitled "Caught in the Middle: Identifying Gaps for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer" aims to provide a space through which relevant stakeholders can actively engage with the adolescent and young adults (AYAs) cancer community on the STRONG-AYA project and its latest developments beyond its consortium and duration.
Important information before registering
Upon registration, an email invitation will be sent to each participant with an added calendar attachment. In order to ensure that these invites work in the intended way, the emails of the participants will be visible to each other in the invites. All participants are invited to be aware of this before registering.
Read moreCommunity 365 Roundtable Meeting on Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Oncology: Unrealised Potential?
04 July 2023, BrusselsOn Tuesday 4 July, 14:30-17:00 CEST, the European Cancer Organisation will facilitate the next Community 365 Roundtable Meeting on Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in oncology: Unrealised Potential?
Roundtable Co-Chairs Isabel Rubio (ECO Board Member and ESSO President) and Zorana Maravic (ECO PAC Member and CEO of Digestive Cancers Europe) will lead a programme of expert speakers and panels through pertinent and developing aspects of the PROMS agenda.
Supported by opportunities with exchange with Roundtable attendees, the gathered perspectives will enable a new ‘Action Report’, with policy recommendations, to be developed from the meeting, reviewed and approved through the ECO Policy Pathway of ECO Member Societies and the ECO Patient Advisory Committee.
Read moreCommunity 365 Roundtable Meeting: 2023 - A Year of Opportunities on Pharmaceutical Access and Value
27 February 2023, BrusselsWe're pleased to invite you to the Community 365 Roundtable Meeting: 2023 - Year of Opportunities on Pharmaceutical Access and Value which aims to address the upcoming revisions to the EU Pharmaceutical Regulations and what it means for cancer, as well as discuss the application of the EU's HTA Regulation and its relevance to cancer.
Join Co-Chairs Matti Aapro, ECO Immediate Past-President, and Mirjam Crul, ECO Board Member and Co-Chair of both our Special Network on the Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer and our Workforce Network, on 27 February from 16:00-18:30 CET.
Virtual Meeting on Informed and Shared Decision-Making
18 January 2023, BrusselsWe're pleased to invite you to an interactive Virtual Meeting on Informed and Shared Decision-Making, between cancer patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals, in collaboration with the Anticancer Fund and connected to our Inequalities Network. We’ll discuss the importance of well-informed and shared decision-making in oncology and which tools are available to facilitate this. This virtual meeting will also illustrate to key policy- and decision-makers, the value and benefit of reliable information when it comes to taking concrete steps in bettering cancer care.
Perspectives from patients, oncologists and nurses will be featured throughout the debate.
Join our Co-Chairs for this event Kathy Oliver, Co-Chair, ECO Patient Advisory Committee, and Chair & founding Co-Director of the International Brain Tumour Alliance (IBTA), and Guy Buyens, Medical Director, Anticancer Fund - Contributor to ECO's Community 365, on Wednesday 18 January from 16:00-18:00 CET.
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European Cancer Summit 2022
16 - 17 November 2022, BrusselsDelivering Effective & Equitable Care Together
This year’s European Cancer Summit focused on the most important topics in cancer for a wide-ranging discussion focused on delivery and collaboration. In these turbulent times, with huge pressures on cancer services across Europe, we brought together leading oncology experts, patient advocates, politicians and policy makers. We had an exciting programme and speaker line-up to discuss the main issues impacting cancer policy, for the benefit of cancer patients, healthcare professionals and all people across Europe.
The Summit was hosted in Brussels and the majority of delegates joined us in person. We invite everyone to now save the date for next year's Summit – 15 & 16 November 2023.
Quality Cancer Care and Neglected Tumour Types: The Time for Change
21 October 2022, BrusselsThe European Cancer Organisation’s Quality Cancer Care Network will be hosting an open meeting on 21 October from 10:15-12:00 CEST to bring attention to the particularities and specific policy needs of neglected tumours, with case study attention to pancreatic cancer and glioma. The meeting, co-chaired by Quality Cancer Care Network Co-Chairs Simon Oberst and Fedro Peccatori, will also be an opportunity to update and exchange on the latest information about the Essential Requirements for the Quality Cancer Care project and publications.
Read moreCommunity 365 Roundtable Meeting on Cancer Care Needs in the Community Setting
04 October 2022, BrusselsThe Community 365 Roundtable Meeting on Cancer Care Needs in the Community Setting took place on 4 October 2022 from 14:30-17:00 CEST. The roundtable was co-chaired by Kathy Oliver, Co-Chair, ECO Patient Advisory Committee; and founding Co-Director, International Brain Tumour Alliance (IBTA), and by Mirjam Crul, ECO Board Member; Co-Chair, ECO Special Network on the Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer and Workforce Network; and ESOP Vice-President.
Read moreImproving Cancer Outcomes and Leadership Course: An ESO, ECO, SPCC European Initiative
07 - 09 July 2022, BrusselsThe ESO, ECO and SPCC Improving Outcomes and Leadership course is aimed at helping to tackle the difficult challenge of inequalities in cancer outcomes across Europe.
For more information about the course and how to apply, click here.
Read moreCommunity 365 Roundtable Meeting on the European Health Data Space and Cancer
23 June 2022, BrusselsWe were pleased to invite you to our Community 365 Roundtable Meeting on the European Health Data Space and Cancer whick took place on 23 June from 14:30-17:00 CEST.
Read moreCommunity 365 Roundtable Meeting - Men and Cancer
28 April 2022, BrusselsThe Community 356 Roundtable Meeting on Men and Cancer took place on 28 April from 15:00-17:30 CEST, with hosts Matti Aapro, Immediate Past-President, European Cancer Organisation (ECO); and Peter Baker, HPV Action Network Consultant, European Cancer Organisation (ECO), and Director of Global Action on Men’s Health.
Read moreTime To Act Ireland: Don't let Covid-19 stop you from tackling Cancer
04 February 2022, BrusselsWe are pleased to announce the virtual launch event of the Time To Act campaign in over 30 languages: Don’t let Covid-19 stop you from tackling Cancer.
See the recording of this event here.
Time To Act Slovakia: Nedovoľte, aby Vám Covid-19 zabránil v boji proti rakovine
21 January 2022, BrusselsJe pre nás potešením oznámiť virtuálne spustenie kampane Time To Act vo viac ako 30tich jazykoch: Nedovoľte, aby Vám Covid-19 zabránil v boji proti rakovine.
Tu si možete pozrieť video záznam zo živého vysielania.
Read moreCancer Cardiovascular Co-morbidities and Complications: The Opportunities for Action
09 December 2021, BrusselsThe European Cancer Organisation was pleased to invite you to attend a virtual meeting on Cancer Cardiovascular Co-morbidities and Complications on Thursday 9 December 11:15-13:00 CET.
A unique collaboration of the MEP Heart Group and the Challenge Cancer Intergroup, the event heard from patients, healthcare professionals, Members of the European Parliament and Director-General for Health and Food Safety Sandra Gallina (DG SANTE) on the challenges, and ways forward, connected to the cardiovascular side effects of cancer treatment and the prevalence of cancer and cardiovascular related comorbidities.
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Community 365 Roundtable Meeting on Genomic Tumour Testing
02 December 2021, BrusselsThe Community 365 Roundtable Meeting on the topic of Genomic Tumour Testing took place on Thursday 2 December from 14:00-16:30 CET.
This meeting brought together leading policy-makers, politicians, oncology experts and patient advocates to discuss the implementation of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and Cancer Mission, as well as other EU policy developments relating to genomic tumour testing.
Read moreEuropean Cancer Summit 2021
17 - 18 November 2021, BrusselsFrom Plans to Action
The European Cancer Summit 2021 has ended but its legacy lives on – please see details below on all of the ways you can review the content and discussions from this important event.
- Watch the European Cancer Summit 2021 session recordings
- Read the European Cancer Summit 2021 Report
- View European Cancer Summit 2021 highlights video
- View the European Cancer Summit 2021 Declaration and the list of organisations that have already endorsed the declaration
Community 365 Roundtable Meeting on Metastatic Cancer
27 October 2021, BrusselsThe Community 365 Roundtable Meeting on the topic of Metastatic Cancer took place on Wednesday 27 October from 10:00-12:30 CEST.
This meeting brought together leading policy-makers, politicians, oncology experts and patient advocates to discuss the implementation of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and Cancer Mission, as well as other EU policy developments relating to metastatic cancer.
Time To Act: Não deixe que a COVID-19 o impeça de enfrentar o cancro
27 October 2021, BrusselsTemos o prazer de anunciar o evento de lançamento virtual da campanha 'Time To Act' em mais de 30 idiomas: “Não deixe que a Covid-19 o impeça de enfrentar o cancro”.
Veja aqui a transmissão do evento em diferido.
Read moreTime To Act: Ne dovolite covidu, da vas ustavi pri obvladovanju raka
22 October 2021, BrusselsZ veseljem napovedujemo virtualno otvoritev kampanje 'Time To Act' v več kot dvajsetih jezikih: Ne dovolite, da vas pandemija covida ustavi pri obvladovanju raka.
Video posnetek prenosa v živo si lahko ogledate tukaj.
Read moreTime To Act: Μην αφήσεις την COVID-19 να σε εμποδίσει να αντιμετωπίσεις τον καρκίνο
14 October 2021, BrusselsΕίμαστε στην ευχάριστη θέση να ανακοινώσουμε την διαδικτυακή έναρξη της καμπάνιας «Time To Act» σε 20 γλώσσες: Μην αφήσεις την COVID-19 να σε εμποδίσει να αντιμετωπίσεις τον Καρκίνο.
Δείτε το βίντεο από την εκδήλωση σε επανάληψη εδώ.
Read moreASCO - E.C.O. Joint Virtual Meeting on Inequalities in Cancer Care
13 October 2021, BrusselsEuropean Cancer Organisation is proud to be joining forces with ASCO in organising a joint virtual meeting on inequalities. This meeting is an opportunity for an international exchange on various issues relating to inequality of cancer care across Europe and the United States.
Time To Act: Ne dopustite da vas Covid-19 spriječi u borbi protiv raka
12 October 2021, BrusselsZadovoljstvo nam je najaviti virtualnu kampanju ‘Time To Act’, prevedene na više od 30 jezika: Ne dopustite da vas Covid-19 spriječi u borbi protiv raka.
Pogledajte ovdje video zapis sa događaja uživo.
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Time To Act: La Covid-19 ne doit pas être un frein aux soins contre le cancer
22 September 2021, BrusselsNous sommes ravis de vous annoncer le lancement virtuel de la campagne Time To Act dans plus de 30 langues : « Ne laissez pas la Covid-19 être un frein dans la lutte contre le cancer ».
L’enregistrement de Time To Act en France est disponible ici.
Time To Act: Tħallix il-COVID-19 iwaqqfek milli tindirizza l-kanċer
14 September 2021, BrusselsWe are pleased to announce the virtual launch event of the Time To Act campaign in over 30 languages: Don’t let Covid-19 stop you from tackling Cancer.
See the recording of this event here.
Time To Act: Nu lăsați Covid-19 să vă împiedice să luptați împotriva cancerului
09 September 2021, BrusselsNe face plăcere să anunțăm evenimentul virtual de lansare al campaniei Time To Act, în peste 30 de limbi: Nu lăsați Covid-19 să vă împiedice să luptați împotriva cancerului.
Urmăriți înregistrarea video de la evenimentul live, aici.
Read moreTime To Act: No dejes que el COVID te impida hacer frente al Cáncer
25 June 2021, BrusselsNos complace anunciar el evento de lanzamiento virtual de la campaña Time To Act en más de 30 idiomas: No dejes que el COVID te impida hacer frente al Cáncer.
Ver la grabación de este evento aquí.
Read moreCommunity 365 Roundtable on Early Detection and Screening
22 June 2021, BrusselsThe Community 365 Roundtable Meeting on Early Detection and Screening took place on Tuesday 22 June 2021 from 15:30-17:30 CEST.
This meeting brought together leading policy-makers, politicians, oncology experts and patient advocates to discuss the implementation of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and Cancer Mission.
Time To Act: il Covid non deve fermare la lotta contro il Cancro
17 June 2021, BrusselsSiamo lieti di annunciare l'evento lancio virtuale della campagna Time To Act: Il Covid non deve fermare la lotta contro il Cancro, tradotta più di 30 lingue.
Guarda la video-registrazione dell'evento qui.
Read morePrimary Prevention Meeting
28 May 2021, BrusselsThe meeting on Primary Prevention, co-chaired by Matti Aapro, President of European Cancer Organisation and Rui Medeiros, President of European Cancer Leagues, aimed to share existing initiatives, so that this existing work can be amplified and collaborations explored beyond our Prevention Network.
During the consultation period on Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, we held many discussions with organisations working in oncology, cardiology and other areas of healthcare. These conversations followed a meeting held with the EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, last year where we agreed that it was extremely important that Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan brings together the excellent existing work of many stakeholders to improve public health.
Watch the recording from the meeting here.
We have also set up a Primary Prevention Hub where we will add videos, documents or resources on the topic of Primary Prevention, shared by the participants of this meeting.
Time To Act: Nie pozwólmy, by Covid-19 zatrzymał walkę z rakiem!
22 May 2021, BrusselsZ przyjemnością ogłaszamy wirtualne rozpoczęcie kampanii Time To Act w ponad 20 językach: Nie pozwól, aby Covid-19 powstrzymał Cię przed walką z rakiem.
Obejrzyj nagranie z wydarzenia tutaj.
Read moreTime To Act: Don’t let Covid-19 stop you from tackling Cancer
11 May 2021, BrusselsVirtual event to launch the Time To Act campaign in over 30 languages: Don’t let Covid-19 stop you from tackling Cancer.
- Watch the video recording from the live event here.
This event brought 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 the Time To Act campaign information with your network of contacts working in Cancer across Europe.
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Community 365 Roundtable Meeting on Lung Cancer
07 December 2020, BrusselsThe second Community 365 Roundtable Meeting on Lung Cancer, held on an invitation-only basis, brought together leading policy-makers, politicians, oncology experts and patient advocates to launch the Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care: Lung Cancer and to discuss this important topic.
Read moreEuropean Cancer Summit 2020
18 - 19 November 2020, BrusselsWorking Together Against Cancer: Breaking Down Barriers & Saving Lives
The virtual European Cancer Summit 2020 on 18 & 19 November brought together 85 speakers and over 500 delegates in a lively discussion on the Summit programme sessions. Over the two days, delegates and speakers exchanged over 1,600 comments and questions during the 12 sessions we held, based on our Focused Topic Networks. This is a measure of how engaged the whole European cancer community is to learn and work together with leading politicians, policy-makers and leaders in health organisations.
The Summit has ended but its legacy lives on – please see details below on all of the ways you can review the content and discussions from this important event.
- Watch the European Cancer Summit 2020 session recordings
- Read the European Cancer Summit 2020 Report
- Access important Resources from the European Cancer family
- View European Cancer Summit 2020 highlights video
Community 365 Roundtable Meeting on Inequalities
14 October 2020, BrusselsThe Community 365 Roundtable Meeting on Inequalities, focused on the East-West Divide and Treating Ageing Patients with Cancer, held on an invitation-only basis, brought together leading policy-makers, politicians, oncology experts and patient advocates to discuss these two important topics in the weeks before Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan is launched in December.
Read moreLaunch of the European Code of Cancer Practice
23 September 2020, BrusselsThe registration is now closed.
Join us, and EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides, as we launch a brand new tool for empowering cancer patients: the European Code of Cancer Practice.
Read moreAdvancing Requirements for Quality Breast Cancer Care
25 June 2020, BrusselsWorking with healthcare professionals and patients using a deliberative consensus finding process, the European Cancer Organisation has recently completed Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care for Breast Cancer.
A virtual event was held on 25 June 2020 to launch the publication and host dialogue with the cancer stakeholder community. Read the meeting report and view the recording here.
Read moreElaborating the Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care: Prostate Cancer
10 June 2020, BrusselsWorking with healthcare professionals and patients using a deliberative consensus finding process, the European Cancer Organisation has recently completed ‘Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care’ for Prostate Cancer. A virtual event was held on 10 June 2020 to launch the publication and host dialogue with the cancer stakeholder community.
Read moreMission Possible: Eliminating Cancers Caused by HPV as a Public Health Problem in Europe
10 December 2019, BrusselsThe event, hosted by Véronique Trillet-Lenoir MEP (Renew Europe, France), discussed key recommendations for combating HPV caused cancers, raised in the context of the emergent EU Cancer Mission and European Beating Cancer Plan.
Read moreECCO 2019 European Cancer Summit
12 - 14 September 2019, BrusselsEuropean Cancer Care: Across Borders
The ECCO 2019 European Cancer Summit on 12-14 September 2019 in Brussels, Belgium brought together worldwide leaders from cancer care, research, patient advocacy and public-private sectors in a unique multi-stakeholder forum. The theme of the second edition of the 2019 Summit is: “European Cancer Care: Across Borders”.
Read moreECCO 2018 European Cancer Summit
07 - 09 September 2018, BrusselsFrom Science to Real-Life Oncology
The ECCO 2018 European Cancer Summit, was held on 7-9 September 2018 in Vienna, Austria bringing worldwide leaders from the cancer healthcare, patient advocacy and stakeholder communities together in a unique multidisciplinary forum.
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