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Rare cancers - a challenge for patients, doctors and the system

MedExpress Team

Medexpress

Published Nov. 7, 2024 10:53

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fot. Piotr Wójcik
Rare cancers account for about 20-25 percent of all oncology diagnoses. They include a variety of cancer types that are difficult to diagnose and treat due to limited clinical knowledge, fewer available therapies and clinical trials. They pose a challenge to both doctors and health systems around the world. In Poland, nearly 43,000 new cases of rare cancers are diagnosed each year.

How to effectively treat patients when access to specialized diagnostics and modern therapies for rare cancers is still sometimes limited? These are the issues that will be discussed by experts at the EURACAN board meeting, which will take place on November 7 and 8 at the Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Institute of Oncology - National Research Institute (NIP-PIB) in Warsaw.

European Reference Networks (ERNs) is an initiative of the European Commission working precisely for the benefit of patients with rare diseases, involving experts, providers and patient representatives from all over Europe. ERN EURACAN is a European Reference Network dedicated specifically to rare solid tumors in adults. The network was established by the European Commission in 2017, and brings together 106 highly specialized cancer centers from 26 European countries, as well as patient representatives from the ePAG (European Pacent Advocacy Group).

The National C...

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