Cancer is currently the second leading cause of mortality in the EU, after cardiovascular diseases. In 2024, around 2.7 million people were diagnosed with cancer in the EU and around 1.27 million died. World Cancer Day takes place every year on 4 February. The three-year “United by unique” campaign (2025-2027) aims to raise awareness of the importance of people-centred care.

Though public health is the primary responsibility of the Member States, the EU has a strong role in supporting, coordinating and complementing Member States’ efforts. On 4 February 2020 – World Cancer Day – the European Commission started its outreach on Europe’s Cancer Plan at an event in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Established in the 2021 Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, EU action focuses on prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment, and quality of life for cancer patients, survivors and care, through 10 flagship initiatives.

The Plan aims to reduce the cancer burden for patients and families, and health care systems. The Plan is ambitious in addressing cancer-related inequalities between and in the Member States. The European Parliament, as law-maker and policy-maker, plays an active role in shaping the new Cancer Plan and related legislative proposals and policy initiatives.

Fight against cancer

The special committee BECA on beating cancer is specifically tasked with evaluating opportunities for the EU to take concrete action, identifying legislation and other measures that can help prevent and fight cancer, and looking into the best ways to support research, among others.

The special committee aims in particular to looking at actions to strengthen the approach at every key stage of the disease: prevention, diagnosis, treatment, life as a cancer survivor and palliative care, ensuring a close link with the research mission on cancer in the future Horizon Europe programme and with a focus on EU competence.

The constituent meeting will take place on Wednesday, 23 September 2020.

BECA - Special Committee on Beating Cancer

BECA Special Committee

BECA Special Committee - Turning the tide on cancer: the view of national parliaments on Europe's Beating Cancer Plan

BECA Special Committee - Strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer

BECA Special Committee - Public hearing ' Unlocking the potential of artificial intelligence in cancer research and car '

BECA Special Committee - Exchange of views  ' The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer prevention, health services and cancer patients and research : Lessons from a public health crisis '

Members of the Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer prevention, health services and cancer patients and research, in the European Parliament in Brussels. Extracts from the meeting. Statements by Mark LAWLER , Co-Chair of the European Cancer Organisation Special Network on Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer, Solange PETERS, President, European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), Dineke ZEEGERS PAGET, Executive Director, European Public Health Association (EUPHA), Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR (Renew, FR), Co-rapporteur, and Bartosz ARŁUKOWICZ (EPP, PL), BECA Chair and Co-rapporteur.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer prevention, health services and cancer patients and research: extracts from BECA Committee meeting

Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR (Renew, FR), rapporteur of the Special EP Committee for Beating Cancer (BECA), gives a statement on the Europe's first Beating Cancer Plan. The plan is structured around four key areas: prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment, and improving quality of life. There are multiple supporting actions, along ten flagship initiatives.

Europe Beating Cancer Plan: statement by Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR (Renew, FR), rapporteur of the Special EP Committee for Beating Cancer

The Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) in association with the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) hold a public hearing on challenges and opportunities related to breast cancer, in the European Parliament in Brussels. At the end of this hearing, BECA Committee also exchange views with Stella KYRIAKIDES, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, on Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. Every October, the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, marked in countries across the world, helps to increase attention and support for the awareness, early detection and treatment as well as palliative care of this disease. Statement by Bartosz ARŁUKOWICZ (EPP, PL), BECA Chair.

Beating breast cancer - challenges and opportunities / Europe’s beating cancer plan: illustrative shots of the public hearing and exchange of views with Stella KYRIAKIDES and statement by Bartosz ARŁUKOWICZ (EPP, PL), BECA Chair

Constitutive meeting of the Special Committee - Beating Cancer (BECA) in Brussels: views of the first meeting, election by acclamation of Bartosz ARŁUKOWICZ (EPP, PL) as chairman and statement.

Constitutive meeting of 5 new Special Committees - Beating Cancer (BECA): illustrative shots and statement by Bartosz ARŁUKOWICZ (EPP, PL), elected Chair

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