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Join MAC - the forum for MEPs Against Cancer |
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Cancer is a major public health threat in Europe. 69 members of the European Parliament have joined forces across political groups and Member States to support EU citizens in their fight against cancer.
We politicians are privileged in being able to support EU citizens, and patients in particular, in their fight against cancer. Being diagnosed with cancer can feel like receiving a death sentence. This happens to 5500 people in Europe every day and has a profound impact on their lives and the lives of their loved ones.
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 MEP and MAC Co-Chair
"Cancer care needs political will, MEPs Against Cancer can help build it."
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 MEP and MAC Co-Chair
"As a cancer survivor, I'm committed to MAC's fight against cancer across Europe."
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 MEP and MAC Co-Chair
"Through MAC, I'm battling the 2nd biggest killer in Europe."
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EU Parliament Elections: MAC Cancer Manifesto |
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 Members of the European Parliament all-party interest group MEPs against Cancer (MAC) have joined together to launch a Cancer Manifesto for the upcoming 2009 European Parliament elections. They are calling for the development and implementation of national cancer plans, investment in cancer prevention and promoting cancer awareness in the general public.
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MAC Meeting on Reducing the Burden of Cancer in Europe (9 Dec 2008) |
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MAC members met with Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou
on 9 December 2008 to discuss a new cancer strategy for Europe. 2008 has been a momentous
year to get the fight against cancer back on the European Union’s
political agenda and MEPs against Cancer have been a driving force. MAC report available now!
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European Parliament Cancer Resolution |
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MEPs adopted on 10 April 2008 a “Resolution on combating cancer in the enlarged European Union”. An overwhelming majority of MEPs voted for a strategic approach to cancer control and the creation of an EU cancer task force. Credit must go to all members of MEPs Against Cancer (MAC), to whom citizens and cancer patients are indebted for their efforts in bringing the Resolution about.
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MAC Meeting "Europe in Wide Screen" (13 Feb 2008) |
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MAC Members joined together on 13 Feb 2008 with the Parliament Magazine to shine a light on the current state of cancer screening in Europe. World Cancer Day on 4 February was a poignant reminder that Europe currently looses over 1 million citizens each year to cancer. Prevention of cancer through population based screening programmes is therefore one of the most effective strategies to stem Europe’s cancer tide.
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MAC Meeting on "Making Cancer Control a Priority - EU Presidencies" (27 June 2007) |
MEPs Against Cancer (MAC) Members met at 27 June 07 with senior Health Ministry officials from both the
Slovenian and Portuguese governments to discuss how to make improving cancer survival a priority under their EU Council Presidencies.
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At the First MAC Conference of MEPs Against Cancer (MAC), held at 22 March in the European Parliament in Brussels and attended by Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou, the MEPs called for the EU urgently to set up a Cancer Task Force to address the looming cancer epidemic.
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