Equity, excellence and innovation – modern cancer care for all

About this Event

The Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the European Commission are co-organising a high-level, hybrid conference on cancer on the margins of World Cancer Day 2023 under the title Equity, excellence, and innovation – modern cancer care for all, Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan – eradicating inequalities within cancer care. In addition to presenting the latest deliverables under the EU Cancer Plan, participants at the conference will discuss three main topics: prevention, early detection, and the conditions for data-driven cancer care.

• Agenda
• Flash report
• Press release: Europe's Beating Cancer Plan: Commission presents first Country Cancer Profiles under the European Cancer Inequalities Registry

Hashtags: #EUCancerPlan #EU2023SE

Video recording

• The meeting was web streamed and the recording is available:

Presentations

Opening remarks

• Speech: Opening Address by Commissioner Stella Kyriakides at the 2023 Cancer Conference on Eradicating Inequalities in Cancer care

Patient Testimonials

• Patient testimonials
  Ana Amariutei and Mia Rajalin and a performance by the Sea of Change Choir
• Video clip: Sea of Change – Don’t Give Up

A comprehensive approach to cancer prevention – tackling cancer through precision health

• Country Cancer Profiles: spotlight on cancer prevention and care in Europe
  Francesca Colombo
  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• PrEvCan – The international cancer prevention campaign in Estonia
  Kristi Rannus
  Tallinn Health Care College
• EU Mission on Cancer: stepping up research and innovation
  Walter Ricciardi
  Cancer Mission Board

Innovative solutions as a tool for expanding early detections and eliminating inequalities

• The importance of early detection: lessons learned from breast cancer
  Alberto Costa, Special Adviser to the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety on cancer policy
  European Commission - Health and Food Safety
• Screening for prostate cancer: benefits, harms and organization
  Ola Bratt
  University of Gothenburg
• The implementation and benefits of population-based lung cancer screening
  Miroslav Samarzija
  University of Zagreb

Health data – a key to modern and equitable cancer care?

• The European Cancer Imaging Initative
  Marco Marsella
  European Commission - Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology
• European Health Data Space: boosting data driven cancer care 
  John F. Ryan
  European Commission - Health and Food Safety

Closing remarks

• Biomarkers as a tool for early detection of cancer
  Ettore Domenico Capoluongo
  Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

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