Partnerships
Cancer Nurses – The Key To Prevention, Risk Reduction And Tackling The European Cancer Burden
European Cancer Nursing Day (ECND21), takes place every year on 18 May, organised by the European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS). This year, it will focus on the impact cancer nurses can have on preventing cancer. A special online event to…
How can we best exploit cancer registries to the benefit of clinical research?
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought the role of clinical data registries to the fore once again. Such registries use observational study methods to collect data about the treatment, outcomes, and quality of life of patients over time. In a health…
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…
The European Parliament in Brussels lit up in gold in support of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month!
The year 2020 is proving to be challenging as the world is confronted with an extraordinary global health emergency and everyone’s attention is focused on one disease only: COVID-19. We must remember cancer has not gone away!In this unprecedented year,…
Early detection of prostate cancer
Europe’s chance to save lives and increase quality of life for prostate cancer patients For a number of years now, the European Association of Urology has been working with patient cancer organisations to raise the profile of prostate cancer in…
Celebrating 40 years of reducing the impact of cancer on people’s lives
The Association of European Cancer Leagues (ECL), a network of national and regional cancer leagues all over Europe, is celebrating 40 years of actions to reduce the impact of cancer. It was founded in Rome by 14 prominent leagues and…
EORTC calls for the interests of patients to take centre stage in the development of new treatments
With the arrival of precision medicine, the days of the old ‘one size fits all’ treatments seem long in the past. Precision oncology and new approaches to clinical research have meant a dramatic change in the field of cancer treatment.…
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…