Building political support to fight cancer Hildrun Sundseth ECPC Head of EU Policy
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Building political support to fight cancer
Hildrun SundsethECPC Head of EU Policy
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Cancer is Everyone’s Concern• Cancer remains a major contributor to the burden of
disease in Europe• The number of cancer cases in Europe continue to rise
each year • The cost in human, social and economic terms is
enormous
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Cancer Care: Complex and Expensive
Need for sustained investment• Human resources• Physical structures • Knowledge resources• Social resources• Research
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Present Situation• Health care in many EU countries is fragmented• Inefficiencies, bureaucracy, lack of co-ordination, vested
interests• Primary/secondary care, many professional disciplines,
stakeholders and institutions • Health care reform may lead to more fragmentation,
under-serving the people most in need • Lack of strategic approach to cancer
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The Battle Plan: Comprehensive Strategy and united Actors
• Common comprehensive plan/strategy• Allies and experts• Ability to present a united front• Mobilise all of society• EU Task force to guide, collaborate and
coordinate
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The Battle Plan• Invest in primary prevention
– Ban smoking in public places– Reduce life-style risk factors – Create clean environments
• Secondary prevention– Implement evidence and population-based screening programmes
• Integrated cancer control centered on the patient– Diagnose early, refer quickly, treatment plan, – Work in Multi-disciplinary teams, provide psycho-social care
• Invest in Research
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The EU level - Strategic• Develop coherent European measures that complement national
policies• Integrate health in all policies - get rid of silo mentality of institutions• Coordinate and share best practice • Develop evidence based policies and guidelines• Fund research on cancer epidemiology, detection, diagnosis,
treatment, palliative care and psycho-social care, translational research and rare cancers
• European Centres of Excellence/Reference
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Making Cancer a Priority• Europe against Cancer Programme ended 2002• Council Recommendation on Cancer Screening 2003• EU new Health Strategy - Prevention• MEPs against Cancer started in 2005• MAC Statement and EP Written Declaration• European Parliament Resolution• Slovenian EU Presidency initiative
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MAC Members
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MAC Members
Caroline Lucas
Fiona Hall Prof. Antonios Trakatellis
Milan Cabrnoch Marian Harkin Irena Belohorska Franςoise Grossetête Jan Olbrycht
Jorgo Chatzimarkakis
Linda McAvan
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MAC Members
Miroslav Ouzky Jaroslav Zvěřina Edite Estrela Glenis Willmot Jolanta Dickute Colm Burke Marios Matsakis Christel Schaldemose
D. Roth-Behrendt Alexander Radwan Satu Hassi Magor Csibi Elisabeth Morin Ingo Friedrich Ilda Figueiredo Dragos Florin David
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