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Policy News – 02/2021

Read here the policy news of February 2021:
•Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan
•Global Cancer Statistics 2020: GLOBOCAN Estimates of Incidence and Mortality Worldwide for 36 Cancers in 185 Countries
•All.Can World Cancer Day 2021 Statement
•All.Can Submits Response to European Health Data Space Roadmap
•WHO Europe Launches New Cancer Initiative
•Why Cancer Control is Fundamental during a Pandemic
•BECA Activities around World Cancer Day
•IARC Study Highlights the Importance of Resource-Efficient, Risk-Based Oral Cancer Screening
•Value Based Healthcare Conference – Tallinn 2021

Policy News – 12/2020

Read here the policy news of December 2020:
•The new Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe
•Recommendations to improve Quality of Life for all Cancer Patients and Survivors
•BECA Hearings in December
•ECCO Roundtable on Lung Cancer
•Let’s Talk Prostate Cancer Expert Group calls for Improved Prostate Cancer Care across the EU
•Access to Personalised Oncology in Europe
•OECD Health at a Glance: Europe 2020
•Challenges in Access to Oncology Medicines across the OECD and the EU
•Event report EU Health Summit

Policy News – 10/2020

Read here the policy news of October 2020:
•EP Special Committee on Beating Cancer holds Constitutive Meeting
•Towards a European Cancer Dashboard
•Are We Spending Smart in Healthcare?
•City Cancer Challenge

Policy News – 08/2020

Read here the policy news of August 2020:
•Launch of EU Parliamentary Intergroup on Cancer
•EU4Health Budget slashed in European Council Deal
•JRC releases 2020 Estimates on the Burden of Cancer in the EU
•European Cancer Organisation publishes “Strengthening Europe in the Fight Against Cancer: Going Further, Faster”
•“Towards a Cancer Mission in Horizon Europe: Recommendations”

Policy News – 06/2020

Read here the policy news of June 2020:
•European Parliament – Special Committee on Cancer
•EU4Health Programme
•EU Pharmaceutical Strategy
•EU Health Coalition
•Interim Report: Conquering cancer – Mission possible

Patient story: ‘The fact my cancer was missed feels like a failure’

This patient story describes a delay in receiving a diagnosis and struggling with the intense chemotherapy.

Patient story: ‘I never received any psychosocial support’

This patient story recounts the experience of a respondent who experienced severe anxiety and a lack of psychosocial support for himself and his wife.

Patient story: ‘There is a psychological burden on the family’

This patient story talks about the psychological impact of cancer, despite treatment being efficient and effective.

Patient story: ‘I feel that my initial diagnosis was handled badly’

This patient story shares the experience of a respondent who struggled to get the interventions she felt she needed.