Policy
Hesham Elghazaly: Pharaoh of Oncology
When he enters the bazaar, people stand up… They stop. They smile. They love him. This kind of love has nothing to do with titles, resources, or power. It is something far rarer. It is the quiet admiration of ordinary…
Cary Adams: A Career of Change, Changing Careers.
He is passionate about the mission of UICC. *** When Cary Adams tells the story of how his career began, it doesn’t start with a calling in oncology. It starts with a teenage conversation about what might matter in the…
Hosams Abu Meri: From Mountain Village in Lebanon to the Heart of Latvian Health Reform
When Dr. Hosams Abu Meri walks into a clinic room in Latvia, patients see something very unusual. The person doing their gastroscopy or colonoscopy is not only a gastroenterologist, he is also the Minister of Health of the Republic of…
Minister Robert Troy: “Because I Wanted to Be a Voice for Others” Leading Ireland’s Right to Be Forgotten Reform
I expected to meet a Minister defined by data, evidence and pragmatism. And I did. What I did not anticipate was the depth of empathy behind those qualities, or the disarming honesty of someone who describes himself, with a smile,…
Prevent, Treat, Support: An Interview with MEP Tilly Metz
Since joining the European Parliament in 2018, Tilly Metz has emerged as one of the most prominent voices in European health and cancer policy. Representing Luxembourg for the Greens/EFA group, she has played a central role in advancing the EU’s…
Empowering Patients in Europe’s New Health Technology Assessment
Across the European Union, cancer patients often wait months, or even years, for access to promising new treatments already approved by the EMA. Now, the EU’s new Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Regulation is introducing a shared framework for evaluating new…
Back on Screen: The Return of Smoking in Films and Its Public Health Implications
May 31 is “World No Tobacco Day” Smoking is one of the major factors for tumors, not only lung cancer. This year’s World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) campaign aims “to reveal the strategies employed by the tobacco and nicotine industries…
A Vision for Cancer Policy in Europe: An Interview with MEP Nikos Papandreou
CancerWorld had the opportunity to interview Nikos Papandreou, Member of the European Parliament and a dedicated advocate for cancer policy reform. With a background in politics, economics, and healthcare policy, Mr. Papandreou has been at the forefront of tackling Europe’s…
Owning our successes is how we secure the future of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan
A surge in actions across the EU to improve cancer prevention, screening, and care of patients and survivors shows the success of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. We know that. To ensure continued support for cancer in the next seven-year funding…
Europe’s cancer agenda: how we keep it a priority in changing times
“I feel I’m among friends… we are all fighting the same battles.” This is how the former European Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides greeted her audience at the European Cancer Summit at a session on November 20th devoted to her great…