European Cancer Patient Annual Congress 2023

ECPC 2003 -2023: Twenty Years of Cancer Patient Advocacy

ECPC celebrates in 2023 twenty years of cancer patient advocacy in the service of European cancer patients. The European Cancer Patient Coalition – ECPC was officially launched in 2003 at the ECCO 2003 Congress in Copenhagen at a press conference chaired by Kathy Redmond and Lynn Faults Wood.

The aim of ECPC, under the motto “Nothing About Us, Without Us!”, was to represent the views of cancer patients at the European level and to provide a forum for European cancer patient organisations to exchange information and share best practices.

The 20th anniversary to be celebrated at our Annual Congress 2023 will look back on the achievements and challenges of two decades of ECPC, build on the lessons learnt and listen to our members, partners and friends about the future of the cancer patient’s voice in Europe in the new cancer landscape to be shaped by the EU Cancer Plan and the Cancer Mission. The European projects in which the ECPC takes part will be also represented.