Cancer: repository of regional prevention and detection policies

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19 Sep 2024 - ongoing

Karolina Zubel

Agnieszka Maj

Katsiaryna Kasykh

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19 Sep 2024 - ongoing
Client: European Committee of the Regions :
Project leader: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS):
Partner: CASE – Centre for Social and Economic Research :

Karolina Zubel

Environment, Energy and Climate Change Director
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Agnieszka Maj

Economist
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Katsiaryna Kasykh

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Katsiaryna Kasykh is a Project Manager at CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research, where she leads partnership development, prepares grant and tender proposals, and oversees the financial and contractual management of EU-funded and internationally funded projects. Her responsibilities include strategic planning, budgeting, expert coordination and ensuring full compliance with donor requirements, contributing to high-quality delivery across multi-country analytical assignments.

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Cancer is a major public health concern in Europe. In 2022, there were an estimated 2.78 million new cancer cases in the 27 European Union Member States (EU-27), plus Iceland and Norway, which is equivalent to about five new diagnoses every minute. By 2035, it is anticipated that cancer will be the leading cause of death in Europe. The overall economic impact of cancer in Europe is EUR 100 billion annually.

At the same time, evidence shows that 40% of cancer cases are preventable. However, the share of health budgets devoted to health promotion and disease prevention currently stands at only 3%. Cancer mortality rates differ widely across the EU and within the Member States: by up to 37% between regions in Romania, and by at least 30% between regions in France, Germany, Poland and Spain.

The OECD estimates that screening alone, while necessary, is insufficient to ensure early detection; improved awareness, outreach and a greater role for primary care are also necessary. The Member States can also draw on policy instruments in the areas of taxation, food product formulation, advertising and social protection. The regions can make a real difference by tailoring their place-based cancer prevention and health promotion policies, to be deployed through school curricula and canteen programmes, awareness-raising campaigns, mobile detection teams and the promotion of healthy lifestyles.

The EU has been fighting cancer and investing in cancer research since 1985, complementing the policies of the Member States and their regions. Adopted in 2021, Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, is one of the pillars of the European Health Union, aimed at addressing cancer-related inequalities and helping improve prevention and care. The regional dimension of this process is not being sufficiently emphasized and the study should gather evidence of promising regional policy and practice examples, targeting cancer prevention and detection through a local lens.

The study, creating a repository of regional cancer policy and practice, could inform the future CoR opinion on regional cancer inequalities in the EU and be a contribution to the health priorities of the Polish Presidency of the Council. Finally, the study would also be supported by the UN WHO Office for Europe as part of the activities under the Memorandum of Understanding and its accompanying Action Plan.

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Cancer: repository of regional prevention and detection policies

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Client: European Committee of the Regions :

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Karolina Zubel

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Agnieszka Maj

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