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
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
Photos gallery
- chronic illness
- Wednesday 1 February 2023, 09:00 - 17:00 (CET)
Practical information
- When
- Wednesday 1 February 2023, 09:00 - 17:00 (CET)
- Languages
- English