ESMO Cancer Patient Working Group
The Cancer Patient Working Group's (CPWG) main mission is the optimisation of patient care in Europe and worldwide, the continuous improvement of cancer-specific information and education, the strengthening of patient autonomy and the support of patient rights.
Activities and responsibilities
- Providing adequate information about cancer, its diagnosis, treatment, palliative care and aftercare
- Organising meetings where patient organisations and individuals have the opportunity to express their wishes, concerns and requests
- Interacting with patients to share concerns and experiences and developing action plans for strengthening the role of patients in the oncology community
- Helping physicians and other healthcare providers to understand the specific needs of individual patients, to enhance the quality of communication and personal interaction
- Building strong coalitions between patient representative groups, cancer physicians and other healthcare providers in order to improve the quality of cancer care
- Assisting physicians in obtaining advice from specialists for rare or complex cancer cases
Chair
- Lorenz Jost, Switzerland
Committee Members
- Raphael Catane, Israel
- Philip Davies, United Kingdom
- Francesco De Lorenzo, Italy
- Louis Denis, Belgium
- Jan Geissler, Germany
- Jola Gore Booth, United Kingdom
- Gabriela Korneck, Austria
- Stella Kyriakides, Cyprus
- Stefania Vallone, Italy
- Anita Waldmann, Germany
- Wendy Yared, Belgium