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Theme of the day of 8 April 2008

Cancer in the EU

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Miroslav OUZKÝ MEP
EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament

Miroslav Ouzký MEP (Czech Republic), Chairman of the Committee on Environment, Public Health, and Food Safety, asks the Commission to set a date to adopt a recommendation for a comprehensive EU cancer control strategy on Wednesday 9th April during Parliament's mini-plenary in Brussels.

Cancer claims the lives of 1 million people in the EU every year. It's a major health burden, set to increase even more as Europeans live longer, surviving other diseases. The strategy needs to address four basic factors: prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment and care, including palliative care. Ouzký also wants the Commission to update and strengthen screening guidelines in order to save lives, in addition to setting up so-called reference networks for rare and difficult-to-treat cancers.

Press Release:

02/04/2008	Reduce chemical exposure to reduce breast cancer. Avril Doyle MEP
29/01/2008	Combating cancer: A million deaths every year. John Bowis MEP
29/01/2008	Prevention and screening at the centre of the fight against cancer in the enlarged European Union. Antonios Trakatellis MEP

	Resolution on combating cancer in the enlarged European Union
	EPP-ED policy site on the Committee on Environment, Public Health, and Food Safety
	European Parliament site on the Committee on Environment, Public Health, and Food Safety
	Commission site on cancer

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