Presentation of LuCE’s 1st report on November 16th 2016 at the European Parliament in Brussels
This event was realized in collaboration with the Association of European Cancer Leagues (ECL) and it was hosted by MEP Alojz Peterle, President of MAC.
Patients, politicians, physicians, patient advocates, journalists, pharmaceutical companies and other stakeholders participated in this event, in which the current situation of lung cancer in Europe was showed from different perspectives.
This was an excellent opportunity to propose calls for action, encouraging the attendees to give a step forward, and try working together to get improvement in early detection, accurate diagnosis, more effective and safe treatments and faster access to innovative therapies, ensuring sustainability of different health-care systems.
During the event, LuCE launched the LuCE Report on Lung Cancer: Challenges in lung cancer in Europe. This report analyses the current lung cancer landscape in Europe and highlights patients´ and caregivers´ priorities, needs and proposals, encouraging health authorities, health professionals, companies, patient organizations and the society to implement solutions. This is the first in a row of annual reports on LC that LuCE will release in upcoming years.
This report aims to be a tool for different national and EU level stakeholders, used as a source of reliable data to show how severe the problem is and how it needs to be addressed.