Youth Changing Europe
Youth Cancer Europe meets with European Health Commissioner on World Cancer Day
In one of his first public engagements as the European Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare, Oliver Várhelyi held a Youth Policy Dialogue with members of Youth Cancer Europe on the occasion o...
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in Cancer Care
a Youth Cancer Europe Advocacy Project Recognising that social determinants (such as age, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, or for example cultu...
After visiting 5 European hospitals last year to learn and observe the best practices in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Care (AYA oncology) as part of the European Union Co-funded project Euro...
Youth Cancer Europe's Webinar on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Cancer Care
On April 30th, 2024, Youth Cancer Europe hosted an insightful webinar on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in Cancer Care. This event, part of the European Union Co-funded project European N...
The European Parliament event organised by Youth Cancer Europe and hosted by MEP Stelios Kympouropoulos brought discrimination into focus and addressed the needs of minorities, vulnera...
Youth Cancer Europe participates in EU’s Cancer Mission Consultations
In 2023, under the Quality-of-Life objective, the EU Cancer Mission organised a series of thematic workshops and a conference focused on dialogue with young cancer survivors. The aim was to gai...
YCE's Nicola Unterecker speaks at the European Commission's World Mental Health Day Conference
On October 10, Youth Cancer Europe ’s patient advocate Nicola Unterecker , took the stage at the European Commission's World Mental Health Day Conference , hosted...
Between the 5th and 8th of November , Youth Cancer Europe hosted the ' From Prejudice to Progress: Discrimination, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Round Table and Workshops ' event as leader...
YCE conducts 5 hospital Peer Visits in Europe
2023 Summer was a busy one for our team. Leading the work on Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer (AYA) Care in the EU-cofunded European Network of Youth Cancer Survivors project " EU-CAYAS-NET "...
YCE in a Policy Dialogue on mental health with EU Health Commissioner
Earlier this month YCE patient advocates Nicola Unterecker and Mariana Coutinho have been invited to take part in a youth policy dialogue towards a comprehensive approach to mental health with Comm...
Peer Visits as research method for Youth with lived experience
On February 8, 2023 Youth Cancer Europe hosted the “Peer Visit as Research Method” Training in Brussels, Belgium, in preparation for future observational and partici...
YCE speaks at the Swedish Presidency EU event for World Cancer Day
Ana Amăriuței, patient advocate at Youth Cancer Europe and Biomedical Science PhD student at University of Sheffield, originally from Romania, shared her own story of childhood cancer in a high-lev...
Cancer & Fertility – A Youth Cancer Europe Advocacy Project
However, despite Europe’s ageing population and an increasing consideration for European citizens’ right to build a family , awareness of this issue remains low and discussions linking fertility a...
Video: YCE returns to the European Parliament to address Fertility and Mental Health
Earlier this month, YCE’s Katie Rizvi spoke at the European Commission’s Beating Cancer Committee’s (BECA) public hearing, set up to aid MEPs draft their report on Euro...
YCE Webinar - “Chemo Brain: Cancer & Mental Health”
Lauren Mahon Lauren Mahon, aka GIRL vs CANCER, is a prese...
YCE speaks at the European Parliament's hemicycle for World Cancer Day
On World Cancer Day 2020, Youth Cancer Europe was invited by the European Commission to be par...
Youth Cancer Advocates Gather in Brussels to Make the Voice of Patients and Survivors Heard
At the end of May 2018, Youth Cancer Europe successfully wrapped up a 4-day induction week on the Fundamentals of EU Policy Making in Brussels, Belgium. 25 cancer survivors from 16 European countri...
YCE hosts EU Parliament event to end financial discrimination against cancer survivors
This week, Youth Cancer Europe hosted its first of five events at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, to call for EU-wide legisla...
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