November 18 is World Pancreatic Cancer Day. In 2020, 140.116 new cases of pancreatic cancer were reported and it is the fourth cause of death by cancer in Europe1. Please join us on November 4 for our Masterclass […]

It has been officially announced that in 2022, the European Commission (EC) will make a proposal to update the 2003 Council Recommendation on cancer screening to ensure that the EU guidelines are up to date with […]

We are at a crossroads in our fight against liver cancer in Europe, as stated in the DiCE and ELPA joint White Paper, Liver Cancer: No Patient Left Behind. Unfortunately, it is a fight we are currently losing. […]

DiCE laid out a Call for Action for “Improving the Use of Biosimilar Medicines in Colorectal Cancer through the Adaptation of EU Policies” at the end of September. This was at its policy event “The Value Biosi […]

Digestive Cancers Europe’s French Member ‘Mon Réseau Cancer Colorectal’ (MRCC) had the honour of bringing together 16 French speaking patient associations from three continents to discuss at a half-day sessio […]

Digestive Cancers Europe CEO, Zorana Maravic, participated at the Cancer Screening Expert Workshop organized by the Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM). Here she represented the patient voice in […]

November is another important month for the digestive cancers community as it is dedicated to raising awareness around gastric cancer. Each year ~136.000 people are diagnosed with gastric cancer, while ~97.000 […]

The involvement of cancer patients’ and carers’ voices in health and social care research is gradually but steadily evolving. Last month we were pleased to feature this article covering the EU Trio Council Pre […]

At the end of last summer – August 2020 – the project ‘EU-TOPIA: Towards Improved Screening for Breast, Cervical and Colorectal Cancer in all of Europe’, came to its conclusion. The European Commission funded […]

Digestive Cancers Europe was pleased to add the patient voice within the European Patients’ Forum (EPF) response to the European Commission public consultation on its 2021 EU4Health Work Programme in July. Along w […]

Digestive Cancers Europe is pleased to announce the launch of a new project ‘Colorectal cancer: getting personal can be lifesaving’. The project will result in an educational toolkit on biomarker testing in col […]

Digestive Cancers Europe was pleased to see the publication by the current Trio Council Presidency partners of Germany, Slovenia and Portugal of the joint Principles of Successful Patient Involvement in Cancer […]

October is Liver Cancer Awareness Month. DiCE will actively take part to raise awareness for this digestive cancer that is difficult to detect and treat. This includes both the launch of our White Paper ‘Liver C […]

Finnish citizens received encouraging news over the summer. More lives may be saved from colorectal cancer (CRC) in the country as public authorities amended the Government Decree on Screenings on August 12 with […]