AmCham Slovakia

Cancer does not care where you are from and yet cancer patients are faced with unequal access to quality care depending on where in Europe they reside and receive treatment”

Topical angles for webinar discussion:

• Importancy of accurate – up to date information on cancer treatment accross CEE
• Variability of screenings – usage of different methods and testings
• Unequal access to the certain cancer treatments in between CEE countries (surgery, radiology, medicines) e.g. only 1/3 (31) out of 95 innovative oncology drugs approved by EMA in period 2011-2020 are curreently available to patients in Slovakia
• Shortages of medicines & access to innovative treatments, HTA, delays to approvals
• Fragmented paliative care accros the society and countries difference, cancer survivorship and rehabilitation
• Very poor governance, prepardeness in oncology health planning, cancer controll within each CEE country
• Underresourced systems, cost of cancer treatment, under resourced personal resources

Speakers:

• Antonella Cardone (European Cancer Patients Coalition, Brussels – Director)
• Hana Horka (Europe’s beating cancer plan Taskforce, DG SANTE, Brussels – Policy Officer)
• Univ. Professor Dr Dr.h.c. Christoph Zielinski (Vienna Cancer Center & Central European Cooperative Oncology Group (CECOG) - President)
• Martin Smatana (GLOBSEC Health Fellow, Health Data Analyst, Institute of Health Data Policies at MoH of Slovakia-former director)
• Štefan Korec, M.D. (Clinical Oncologist, Medical Expert with experience from EU & US, Patients organization OnkoAliance Slovakia – Executive Director)

Webinar Registration - Zoom