CPE Webinar Series: Survivorship – EWAC 2024
This webinar, part of CPE’s European Week Against Cancer 2024 series organized with EFPIA Oncology Platform support, addresses inequalities in cancer survivorship care and support across EU Member States. Expert panelists including MEPs, oncologists, survivorship specialists, psycho-oncologists, and patient advocates examine disparities in post-treatment care, long-term follow-up programs, rehabilitation services, and psychosocial support availability. Key topics include variations in survivorship care plans across countries, access to fertility preservation services, employment and insurance discrimination faced by survivors (Right to Be Forgotten legislation gaps), mental health support availability, management of late effects and treatment-related complications, and integration of survivorship care into routine healthcare. The session analyzes how inadequate survivorship support perpetuates inequalities in quality of life and long-term outcomes, presenting policy recommendations: mandatory survivorship care plans across all Member States, legislative protections against financial discrimination, psychological support integration into cancer pathways, employment protection for survivors, rehabilitation service funding, and national survivorship registries to monitor long-term outcomes and improve care quality throughout Europe.