Acknowledgements
This document was produced as an urgent output of the European Cancer Organisation’s Special Network on the Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer. It was compiled via a number of processes of outreach and consultation with European Cancer Organisation’s Member Societies, Patient Advisory Committee and Community 365a, in particular with participants in the Special Network on the Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer and in line with the European Cancer Organisation’s policy decision-making process.
Principal Authors
Mirjam Crul, Co-Chair, Special Network on the Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer, European Cancer Organisation
Mark Lawler, Co-Chair, Special Network on the Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer, European Cancer Organisation
Matti Aapro, President, European Cancer Organisation
Coordinators
Richard Price, EU Affairs Policy Manager, European Cancer Organisation
Norbert Couespel, Policy & Advocacy Team, European Cancer Organisation
Contributors
Enormous thanks are due to all those members of the Special Network on the Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer, and other members of the European Cancer Organisation and its Patient Advisory Committee, who took the time to comment on various drafts of this report, provide reference material, advice and other commentary.
Andreas Adam, Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe
Sebastian Arias, Roche
Nicolò Matteo Luca Battisti, International Society of Geriatric Oncology
Regina Beets-Tan, European Society of Radiology
Natacha Bolaños, Lymphoma Coalition Europe
Jacqueline Bowman, European Association for the Study of Obesity
Ivana Cattaneo, Novartis
Sarah Collen, European Association of Urology
Jacqueline Daly, European Cancer Patient Coalition
Lucy Dance, AstraZeneca
Lore Decoster, International Society of Geriatric Oncology
Dégi L. Csaba, International Psycho-Oncology Society
Veronica Foote, Novartis
Andrea Laghi, European Society of Oncology Imaging
Yasuko Maeda, European Society of Coloproctology
Hassan Malik, European Society of Surgical Oncology
Kathy Oliver, International Brain Tumour Alliance
Franco Orsi, Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe
Philippe L. Pereira, Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe
Katie Rivzi, Youth Cancer Europe
Arnulf Stenzl, European Association of Urology
Jane Turner, International Psycho-Oncology Society
Hendrik van Poppel, European Association of Urology
Emma Woodford, European Oncology Nursing Society
Wendy Yared, Association of European Cancer Leagues
Suggested citation
Crul M, Aapro M, Price R, Couespel N, Lawler M (2020). The Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer in Europe: The 7-Point Plan to Address the Urgency and Build Back Better. European Cancer Organisation; Brussels
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