How to implement Quality Cancer Care in Europe: From good intentions to patient benefit
European Cancer Organisation
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Welcome! From here you can access useful information and resources from the European Cancer Organisation, its European Cancer Summit 2022, Member Societies, Patient Advocacy Groups and Community 365.
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Frances Fitzgerald is an Irish MEP from Dublin. Member, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Group of the...
Frances Fitzgerald is an Irish MEP from Dublin. Member, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats). A parliamentarian for over 20 years, she served as Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) from 2016-17, one of only four women to have ever held this position. She has also served as Minister for Business, Enterprise & Innovation (2017); Minister for Justice & Equality (2014-17) and was the State’s first Minister for Children & Youth Affairs (2011-14). Prior to her election to the Dáil (Irish Parliament), Frances served as Chair of the National Women’s Council of Ireland (1988-92) and Vice President of the European Women’s Lobby. Frances was elected to the European Parliament in 2019. She is a full member of the Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee (FEMM) and the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON and a substitute member of the Development Committee (DEVE). Frances was elected EPP Coordinator of the FEMM Committee in July 2019. Frances has previously served on the board of the Breast Research Foundation in St. Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin, and was also Vice-Chair of Europa Donna, the European breast cancer campaign.
Francesca Colombo, M.Sc., is Head of the Health Division at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...
Francesca Colombo, M.Sc., is Head of the Health Division at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. She is responsible for OECD work on health, which aims at providing internationally comparable data on health systems and applying economic analysis to health policies, advising policy makers, stakeholders and citizens on how to respond to demands for more and better health care and make health systems more people centred. Major activities under her responsibility cover the response to the COVID-19 crisis and solutions to make health systems more resilient; trends in health spending; measuring of health care outcomes, activities and inputs; health care quality policies; assessing health system efficiency and value for money; health workforce; long-term care systems and ageing; the economics of public health; pharmaceutical policies, new technologies, big data and Artificial Intelligence in health (http://www.oecd.org/health). Mrs Colombo has over 20 years of experience leading international activities on health and health systems. Over her career, she travelled extensively in Europe, South America and Asia, advising governments on health system policies and reforms.
Peter Lührs is Therapeutic Area Head Oncology at Bayer, he works on advancing Bayer’s Oncology Vision to improve the...
Peter Lührs is Therapeutic Area Head Oncology at Bayer, he works on advancing Bayer’s Oncology Vision to improve the lives of people impacted by cancer through science and innovation. He is focused on launching Bayer’s new oncology therapeutics and working with R&D to expand their benefit to additional indications. During his 15 years in the pharmaceutical industry Peter held positions in strategic and operational roles in cardiovascular, diagnostic imaging and oncology businesses. Peter holds an MD from the University of Hamburg and provided care for cancer patients during his residency at Charité Hospital. He lives in Basel with his family.
A co-chair at Quality Cancer Care Network, European Cancer Organisation. Features in 2 videos on Wondr Medical....
A co-chair at Quality Cancer Care Network, European Cancer Organisation. Features in 2 videos on Wondr Medical. Philip Poortmans generally speaks on Oncology, Medical Oncology, Cancer Patients, Health Policy, and Oncology: Webinar.
Sema is Co-Chair, European Cancer Organisation's Patient Advisory Committee. She was elected to the European Board...
Sema is Co-Chair, European Cancer Organisation's Patient Advisory Committee. She was elected to the European Board of Europa Donna in 2008 and was its Treasurer from 2009 to 2011 and Vice-President from 2011 to 2014. She is on the ED Board as her second term upon being re-elected in 2019. She has been a member of the Board of ED Turkey since 2004 and a member of ECCO PAC since 2012. Sema is a breast cancer survivor, an advocate and an engineer. She worked as the Senior Project Manager, PMP in Global Technology Services of IBM Turkey. She has 28 years’ experience in education, systems’ engineering, complex projects management and quality assurance in project management.