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news
22 June 2021
By Matti Aapro, President of the European Cancer Organisation
Managers of any organisation, the world over, root themselves in the understanding that “your workforce is your most valuable asset”. Yet, what ought to be a self-evident truth can also sometimes get lost within new strategy formulation. Reflecting on Europe’s new Beating Cancer Plan, while I give it very many stars of approval for its breadth and ambition, among the elements I might have wished received more explicit attention, are the needs of our cancer workforce. Quite simply, there is no cancer care without a cancer workforce.
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consultation-responses
June 2021
The European Cancer Organisation supports the Commission’s proposal to reinforce the mandate of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
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consultation-responses
June 2021
The European Cancer Organisation supports the role and the need for the European Union in helping countries take bold actions on cancer prevention together.
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news
03 June 2021
By Matti Aapro, President of the European Cancer Organisation
The European Cancer Organisation’s Workforce Network and Special Network on the Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer have both published timely and important policy papers in recent months that set out the key challenges resulting from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
These Reports are accompanied by firm policy recommendations, backed up by robust intelligence and active campaigns, to address these challenges and ensure we not only overcome the problems caused by the pandemic, but also seize the possibilities to rebuild our cancer care systems and make them more resilient.
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reports
June 2021
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has brought about a number of challenges to cancer care and management. These require timely and firm policy responses, backed up by robust intelligence and active campaigns, to ensure that services are not only more resilient to future challenges but also built back better than before.
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reports
May 2021
Our Primary Prevention Hub brings together resources and information from a broad range of organisations, including our Member Societies, Patient Advisory Committee and other stakeholders.
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news
11 May 2021
Flash report from the launch of the European Cancer Organisation’s Time To Act Campaign
EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides, together with leading Members of the European Parliament, officials of the European Commission and representatives of the cancer patient and healthcare professional community, came together today to launch the “Time to Act” campaign.
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news
10 May 2021
Nearly one million Cancer cases in Europe are being missed due to Covid-19, according to new data published today by the European Cancer Organisation (E.C.O).
The findings, a stark reminder of the challenges facing cancer care services in Europe during the pandemic, coincide with the launch of Time To Act, E.C.O’s campaign to urge the public, cancer patients, policymakers and healthcare professionals to ensure Covid-19 does not continue to undermine the fight against Cancer.
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news
30 April 2021
Richard Price, EU Affairs Policy Manager, European Cancer Organisation
With COVID-19 vaccination campaigns continuing apace across Europe, attention to the rebuild ahead is growing. Our ‘Time to Act’ campaign responds in part to this, seeking, among other objectives, to stimulate deeper thinking by policymakers on new ways to do cancer care better in the future.
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