European Cancer Organisation
The European Cancer Organisation is a not-for-profit federation of 42 Member Societies working in cancer at a European level, together with 20 European Patient Advisory Committee members. The Organisation is dedicated to convening oncology professionals and patients to agree policy, advocate for positive change and speak for the European cancer community. The European Cancer Organisation is the organiser of the annual European Cancer Summit. Mission statement The Mission of the European Cancer Organisation is to reduce the burden of cancer, improve outcomes and the quality of care for cancer patients, through multidisciplinarity and multiprofessionalism. As the not-for-profit federation of member organisations working in cancer at a European level, the European Cancer Organisation convenes oncology professionals and patients to agree policy, advocate for positive change and be the united voice of the European cancer community. Background and current organisation In the early 1980s, a few European visionaries working in oncology laid the grounds of multidisciplinarity in cancer care, entailing that tackling cancer was a team effort that required a coordinated approach. It was a relatively new concept at the time, but 40 years later, multidisciplinarity is viewed as the best approach cancer treatment. It was consequently decided to bring together major