14:30-16:00 SPINELLI 1G2, European Parliament, Brussels Michalis Hadjipantela MEP, Member Committee on Public Health, member of the Intergroup on Cancer & Rare Diseases The patient voice on prostate cancer policy making and the need for screening Opportunities arising from the EU Cancer Screening Recommendations – the PRAISE U project PRAISE U pilot sites – what we are learning so far The Lithuanian pilot and applying the PRAISE U algorithm to national policy Strengthening EU and national action The OPT experience from Swedish regions Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan – EU action on Prostate Cancer Screening European Commission initiatives on cancer screening and follow-up care Presents the GAMH Prostate Cancer report and the call for the Global Initiative on PCa If you would like to join us, please register your interest here. To join EPAD25, please register your interest here. Key themes that will shape this year’s discussions: Global Action of Men’s Health (GAMH) Report Download the GAMH report: Prostate Cancer: Time for a New Global Initiative PRAISE-U project Find out how the Prostate Cancer Awareness and Initiative for Screening in the European Union (PRAISE-U) is promoting the early detection and diagnosis of prostate cancer (PCa) in EU countries.Agenda
Session
Speaker & Topic
Welcome
Giorgos Georgiou MEP, Member Committee on Public Health, member of the Intergroup on Cancer & Rare Diseases
Setting the Scene
Dr Erik Briers, Vice-Chair, Europa UomoDr Arunah Chandran, Public Health Officer at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO)
Arunah Chandran
IARC action on screening and early detection of Prostate Cancer and the 3rd Cancer Screening Report
Prostate Cancer Implementation Responses across Europe
Professor Hein Van Poppel, Chair EAU Policy Office, European Association of Urology (EAU)
Professor Monique Roobol, Head scientific research office Department of Urology at Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam
Dr Ausvydas Patasius, Professor, Epidemiologist, Vilnus University
Vytenis Andriukaitis, MEP, Member Committee on Public Health
Dr Rebecka Arnsrud Godtman, Associate Professor, Urologist, University of Gothenburg
Panel with European Policy Makers response
Domenico Fiorenza, Policy Officer, DG Sante, European Commission
Agnieska Kinsner-Ovaskainen, Scientific Officer, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Global policy making on Prostate Cancer
Peter Baker, Chief Executive, Global Action on Men’s Health (GAMH)
Key themes