mission cancer

In the EU, every year more than 2.5 million people are diagnosed with a form of cancer. This large number can be attributed to the ageing of the population, unhealthy lifestyles and unfavourable environmental conditions.

Alongside the EU Beating Cancer Plan, the EU Mission on Cancer will be addressing cancer in all aspects, all parts of society and in all its forms. It will be supporting research, improving prevention and treatment but also taking into regard the physical and mental impacts on the quality of life of patients and survivors and their relatives and carers at all stages. Factors that limit effective policy and support actions will be examined.

The concrete goal formulated in the Mission objective is to improve the lives of 3 million people by 2030, aligning with the UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives ad promote well-being at all ages.

To know more about this Mission, visit the EU Mission: Cancer Portal.

“Conquering Cancer – Publications Office of the EU,” Publications Office of the EU, 2020, https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/b389aad3-fd56-11ea-b44f-01aa75ed71a1/.