Search Tag: cancer prevention
2024 21 May
A recent report from The Lancet Breast Cancer Commission highlights a concerning reality: many individuals with breast cancer are not receiving the treatment they need. Despite significant advances in breast cancer research and treatment over the past three decades, which have reduced mortality rates by over 40% in some high-income countries,...Read more
2024 16 Apr
"Check against delivery" Ladies and gentlemen, friends and colleagues, Thank you for the opportunity to speak today and to hear the different voices and views on this new and very important Report from the Lancet Breast Cancer Commission. My congratulations to all those involved in its research and findings. Cancer affects...Read more
2024 09 Feb
Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan is a political commitment to turn the tide against cancer and another stepping stone towards a strong European Health Union and a more secure, better-prepared and more resilient EU. In 2020, 2.7 million people in the European Union were diagnosed with cancer, and another 1.3 million people lost their lives to it, including...Read more