Guest article by Norbert Couespel, Policy and Research Officer at European Cancer Organisation During the European Cancer Summit held on 16 and 17 November 2022, the European Cancer Organisation launched the European Cancer Pulse, a new data visualisation tool...
By Dr Ward Rommel, Chair, Access to Medicines Task Force, Association of European Cancer Leagues (ECL) The research and innovation pathway for cancer medicines is challenging from basic research to market access. These challenges comprise high unmet needs, disparities...
In December 2021, the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) adopted its INI report on how to strengthen the EU’s role in fighting cancer. Ahead of the upcoming European Parliament plenary session, where the final report will be voted on, a...
On 17 November 2020, the World Health Organization formally launched the first-ever global effort to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer, an almost entirely preventable cancer thanks to prophylactic vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) and...
Guest article: Dr. Wendy Yared, Association of European Cancer Leagues The latest estimates on the global burden of cancer from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) are startling: the annual newly diagnosed cancer cases (excluding non-melanoma skin...