Learning From Progress Addressing Cancer in Europe (OBS-PACE)

With Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan (EBCP), the European Commission follows a new approach to cancer prevention, treatment and care. The action ‘OBS-Learning From Progress In Addressing Cancer In Europe’ (OBS-PACE) contributes to this by improving the understanding of the national cancer control situation and policy actions in EU Member States.

New Cancer Policies section highlights government-led policy actions to tackle cancer across EU Member States.

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OBS-PACE is collecting case studies of innovative actions in cancer research, care, and policy across the EU.

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OBS-PACE explores cancer research, care, and policies in all 27 EU countries.

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Policies and case studies across all eight dimensions of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan (EBCP) can be compiled and compared.

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The OBS-PACE network of cancer experts collaborates to document and analyze innovative actions in cancer research, care, and policies across EU countries.

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Our new policy brief highlights how a health system approach is key to tackling cancer inequalities

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The action “OBS – Learning from Progress in Addressing Cancer in Europe” (OBS-PACE) examines how Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan (EBCP) is being implemented across all its dimensions: prevention, early detection and diagnostics, cancer care, quality of life, research and innovation, digital solutions, reducing inequalities, and childhood cancer.

It identifies policies, innovative practices, health system building blocks, and key enablers across the full spectrum of cancer research, care, and policy in EU countries. At its core is a network of national cancer experts from all EU Member States, who track the latest country developments on actions aligned with the EBCP and contribute to comparative analyses of regional trends.

Through this work, OBS-PACE supports a more comprehensive understanding of national cancer control in EU countries and helps inform future policy and practice.

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