CPE Annual Conference 2025: Equity in Action – Event Report
This Event Report documents Cancer Patients Europe’s first in-person Annual Conference held on 26 June 2025 at Fondation Universitaire, Brussels, titled “Equity in Action”. The full-day conference gathered patient advocates, healthcare professionals, policymakers, researchers, and industry to address cancer care inequalities through an innovative interactive format. Four main sessions covered Prevention, Early Detection and Early Diagnosis (childhood obesity, environmental risks, HPV vaccination, emerging screening programmes); Diagnostics and Treatments with focus on Shared Decision Making (cross-border clinical trials via EU-X-CT, genomic testing and liquid biopsy, patient involvement in EU HTA Regulation, biosimilars and treatment sustainability); Survivorship & Multidisciplinary Care (integrative care, early palliative care integration, Right to Be Forgotten financial discrimination, right to die with dignity); and CPE’s Calls to Action featuring MEP Tomislav Sokol on 5 Ways to Reduce Inequalities and Dirk Van den Steen (EC DG SANTE) on European Semester on Health. Each session included breakout discussions where participants worked in small groups to shape CPE’s future advocacy roadmap.