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Cancer Patient Working Group

The Cancer Patient Working Group's (CPWG) main mission is the optimization 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.

Chair

Dr. Lorenz Jost

Activities and responsibilities

  • Providing adequate information about cancer, its diagnosis, treatment, palliative care and aftercare
  • Organizing meetings where patient organizations 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

Major achievements

2008 Patient Seminar during 33rd ESMO Congress
2008 Patient Seminar during ECLU
2007 Cancer Patient Advocacy Forum
2007 Patient Seminar during ECLU
2006 CPWG established

Committee Members

NAME COUNTRY FUNCTION
Lorenz Jost Switzerland Chair
Pascale Blaes Belgium Committee Member
Raphael Catane Israel Committee Member
Louis Denis Belgium Committee Member
Giovanna Gatti Italy Committee Member
Lynn Faulds Wood United Kingdom Committee Member
Jesme Fox United Kingdom Committee Member
Paris A. Kosmidis Greece Committee Member
Stella Kyriakides Cyprus Committee Member
Gudrun Marie Ilse Pohl Austria Committee Member
Anita Waldmann Germany Committee Member

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