Together Against Cancer: Finland
Presenting the European Cancer Pulse Country Report for Finland at the Finnish Cancer Forum 2025
The Finnish Cancer Forum took place as a hybrid event on 10 November 2025 at 12:00-16:00 in Helsinki and online. The event brought together experts to introduce the Finnish Cancer Strategy and discuss the establishment of the Cancer Mission Hub Finland.
As part of the programme, the European Cancer Organisation cohosted the session Time to Accelerate – Together Against Cancer: the new European Cancer Pulse Country Report for Finland, where it launched and presented the Pulse country reports for Finland. This report is available in Finnish, Swedish and English.
At the session, ECO presented the European Cancer Roadmap to 2030 as well as the status and opportunities for Finnish cancer policy.
Following the launch, a panel of experts reflected on the country report and discussed how the Cancer Strategy responds to the findings. Moderated by Norbert Couespel, Policy Research & EU Projects Manager at the European Cancer Organisation, the panel was composed by:
- Emma Andersson, Advocacy Specialist, Association of Cancer Patients in Finland
- Mef Nilbert, MD, PhD, Lund University and Expert Advisor, National Board of Health & Welfare
- Tuula Helander, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
- Tomi Mäkelä, Director, FICAN
- Jussi Koivunen, MD, PhD, Director, FICAN North
- Merja Kyllönen, Member of the European Parliament
We thank those who joined us in person or online to address the ways in which we can work with Finland to ensure that national and international cancer collaboration remains present in the political agenda.
The Finnish Cancer Forum and the release of the Finland Country Report provided a unique opportunity to align efforts across stakeholders and strengthen the implementation of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan at national and European levels.
