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Treating cancer: the EU's commitment to tackling cancer inequalities

Convegno

Roma, 28 Ottobre 2024 - ore 09:30

International Conference

The event “Treating Cancer: The EU's Commitment to Cancer Inequalities” aims to present the framework of cancer inequalities at EU and international level and to illustrate projects that can contribute to the exchange of experiences and collaboration between countries to address a global challenge and contribute to the reduction of cancer inequalities.

In continuity with the initiative implemented by some Italian Europe Direct Information centres “Yes, we can (no can/cer) information cycle: Europe's Beating Cancer Plan. Focusing on breast and lung carried out in 2023, the event will focus on the "European Cancer Inequalities Registry", a flagship initiative of Europe's Beating Cancer Plan  aimed at providing valid and reliable data on cancer prevention and treatment to identify trends, disparities and inequalities between Member States and regions. The Registry proposes a framework at European level to monitor disparities and report on trends in cancer prevention and treatment at regional, national and EU levels. As the purpose of the Registry is to monitor the entire cancer journey, the four pillars of Europe's Beating Cancer Plan: prevention; early diagnosis; diagnosis and treatment; quality of life – are at the heart of the scoreboard.

A total of 29 country cancer profiles (EU-27, Iceland and Norway) were produced for the first publication, with the help of the OECD, which serve as a tool to identify inequalities in cancer prevention and treatment. They highlight the main achievements, challenges and disparities within each country and compare the performance of individual countries with the situation in the EU as a whole. This helps policymakers and helps to steer investment and action at regional, national and EU level under the umbrella of Europe's Beating Cancer Plan.

Profiles show that EU countries spent substantial sums, almost €170 billion, on cancer treatment (in 2018). Another important finding is that there are also large inequalities in cancer death rates between and within EU countries. This can be partly explained by the different degrees of exposure to cancer risk factors, but also by the different capacities of health systems to ensure timely and free access to early diagnosis and the high quality of cancer care and treatment. The profiles show that identifying challenges and sharing best practices among Member States can help countries reduce cancer inequalities.

During the day, some good practices will be presented such as:

  • the project carried out by the NGO Elis and the Agency for Development Cooperation in collaboration with the Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, which has established the first Breast Unit in Palestine, a multidisciplinary breast center that guarantees diagnosis and treatment to Palestinian women to intervene promptly on breast cancer
  • Dress P.I.N.K  (Prevention, Imaging, Network and Knowledge) project, an open science project of the CNR supported by the Veronesi Foundation, aimed at promoting the earliest possible diagnosis of cancer through the personalization of different diagnostic techniques
  • The actions of the Cam to Me Association, a small association of lay missionaries that intervenes in Cambodia, Cameroon and Peru. In particular, in Cambodia it carries out support and care activities in an area of ​​Lake 94, where women in extreme situations are treated because they often arrive in very serious oncological conditions so as not to abandon the care of the children for whom they constitute the only form of sustenance
  • smartCARE project, a flagship initiative in Europe's Beating Cancer Plan, under the EU4Health Programme 2021-2027. The project is developing a cancer survivor smart card - in the form of a mobile app - to improve the health and wellbeing of cancer survivors throughout Europe; it’s implemented by a multi-partners consortium led by European Cancer Organisation. It will be presented also the European Cancer Pulse, a continually evolving data visualisation tool that features over 13,000 data points and over 250 indicators on inequalities in cancer across the 50 countries that make up the WHO European region

 

The event is organized in two sessions. In the morning, there will be a plenary informative session, open to all citizens and media, during which WHO and EU actions to reduce cancer inequalities at the international level will be presented, along with existing project practices in this field. In the afternoon, a round table will provide a platform for multistakeholder discussions and the definition of joint actions to raise awareness among governments and other key actors on the importance of reducing cancer inequalities and implementing concrete measures in line with the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan.

The morning session of the event will be streamed live (link coming soon)

Programma dell'evento: 

9:30 – 10:15

Institutional greetings

Presentation of the Day (Europe Direct)

Maria Chiara Carrozza, Presidente CNR (tbc)

 Office of the European Parliament in Italy

Elena Grech, acting Director – Representation European Commission in Italy

Francesco Saverio Mennini, Head of Department for Programming, medical devices and National Health system policies – Ministry of Health  

Patrizia Ravaioli, Formez PA Director 

Andrea Urbani, Director of Health and Social integration Directorate - Lazio Region

on behalf of Lombardy Region - Giovanni Apolone, Scientific Director of National Cancer Institute of Milan (INT), foundation and government-designated centre for treatment and research (IRCCS)

Chairman

Piervirgilio Dastoli, President of European Movement

Speakers

10:15 – 10:35

European Cancer Inequalities Registry (ECIR): a key data tool on cancer prevention and care

Agnieszka.KINSNER-OVASKAINEN

Disease Prevention, Directorate General Joint Research Centre, Directorate F – Health and Food, European Commission

10:35 – 10:55

WHO data and point of view on cancer inequalities with a focus on breast and cervical cancers

Marilys Corbex, Senior Technical Officer NCD Management at the WHO Regional Office for Europe in Copenhagen

10:55 – 11:15

The future of European research and its impact on cancer inequalities

Giuseppe Curigliano, Director Development of New Drugs for Innovative Therapies, IEO

11:15 – 11:45

Presentation of the project that established the first Center for Breast Cancer Prevention in Palestine

Vittorio Altomare, Director of the Breast Unit of the Campus Bio University Hospital – Doctor, Full Professor of Surgery

The impact and the inspiration of this project (the first Breast Unit in Palestine) and how it succeeded in saving many women lives

Ghadeer Salhab "Breast Unit" Coordinator - Beit Jala Hospital

11:45 – 12:05

SmartCARE project, a flagship initiative in Europe's Beating Cancer Plan

Silvia Romeo, Policy officer -European Cancer Organisation

12:05 – 12:25

Presentation of the Dress p.i.n.k project supported by the Veronesi Foundation

Michela Franchini, Institute of Clinical Physiology of the CNR

12:25 – 12:45

Presentation of the Training and Development Project in the educational and health field in some villages in the Ampeou Prey area (Cambodia)

Stefana Agatea  and Pav Sochinda - Association Cam to Me

12:45 – 13:05

Mission Cancer: the EU flagship initiative

Walter Ricciardi, President Mission Board for Cancer - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

13:05 - 13:30 Questions and answers

14:30 – 16:00 - Roundtable with key stakeholders (concrete output: proposal of joint actions and key steps to be undertaken to sensitize governments and other key players on the importance of reducing cancer inequalities)

 

 

 

 

Termine iscrizioni: 
Domenica, 27 Ottobre, 2024 - 16:30
Destinatari: 
Cittadini dell'Unione europea