European Cancer Organisation
Catching All Cancers Earlier: A Critical Principle for New EU Recommendations
This morning, the European Cancer Organisation has published a fresh stakeholder consensus statement that expresses advice to the EU on how to ensure new recommendations to Member States on detecting cancer early, due to be published in 2022, can have…
Unlocking the Potential of Digitalisation in Cancer Care – No Stopping Us Now!
Ahead of the European Cancer Summit, the European Cancer Organisation has today published a new position paper, providing advice to the EU, WHO and national governments on how to harness the power of data and digital for better quality cancer care.…
Comprehensive Cancer Centres: The Foundation for Beating Cancer Plan and Cancer Mission Success
With forthcoming Autumn meetings of the Commission, Member States and Parliament on implementation of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, the European Cancer Organisation and Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI) have this morning published a fresh consensus policy paper: Comprehensive Cancer…
From 1918 to 2020, the lessons of pandemics remain
From 1918 to 2020, the lessons of pandemics remain: health systems must be kept strong, and international health cooperation underpinned “The new normal” and “unprecedented times” are phrases all of us will be familiar with hearing this year as the…
Big things are made out of small pieces: The value of convening networks in cancer policy
So the Year 2020 has arrived. Many predictions were made about the lives we would be living by now. Machines were usually a feature. Flying cars, spaceships taking us to Mars and robots doing our tedious chores. While technology revolutionises…