ESMO 2019 photo gallery
More than 3.900 abstracts have been submitted to the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress (ESMO) Annual Congress which will be held from 27 September to 1st October 2019 in Barcelona, Spain.
EMPOWERING MYELOMA ADVOCACY ACROSS EUROPE
More than 3.900 abstracts have been submitted to the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress (ESMO) Annual Congress which will be held from 27 September to 1st October 2019 in Barcelona, Spain.
With the aim of addressing common educational needs of the cancer advocacy community, the Workgroup of European Cancer Patient Advocacy Networks (WECAN) held the first WECAN Academy from 6-9 July 2019 in Frankfurt, Germany.
MMPredict is a HORIZON 2020 project, which Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE) is involved in, aimed at clinically validating a personalised medicines tool that predicts the most effective treatment options for myeloma patients. As part of MMPredict, MPE has been involved in the development and dissemination of a survey assessing the quality of life of European myeloma patients, particularly relating to currently available myeloma treatments and how side-effects impact upon them.
The first WECAN Academy organised by the Workgroup of European Cancer Patient Advocacy Networks (WECAN) will take place 6-9 July 2019 in Frankfurt, Germany. This training programme is aimed at growing the knowledge and skills of more than 100 European leading patient advocates, and those who joined the community more recently, in the areas of:
MPE held a webinar on personalised medicines in myeloma with the aim of providing an overview of how haematologists adapt treatment to each patient and to discuss the barriers healthcare systems have to face. The talk was given by Dr Annemiek Broijl, Department of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
The HARMONY Alliance is a public-private partnership of more than 80 organizations (53 Partners and 35 Associated Members) funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative for a period of 5 years (2017-2021). Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE) is part of the HARMONY Patient Cluster which is a unique group of 7 European Patient Umbrella Organizations working in the different areas of hematological diseases within the HARMONY Alliance.
Myeloma is the disease with the highest number of approved drugs over the last 15 years. Actually, the prognosis of the disease has been tripled. As myeloma is a very heterogeneous disease, not all treatments are suitable for each patient. The challenge now is to choose the right treatment for each individual patient in order to improve patient health outcomes, increase the value of new medicines to healthcare systems and reduce healthcare costs. With…
The 24th Congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA) started this Thursday in Amsterdam with the biggest attendance in its history. More than 12.000 attendees get together to discuss the latest developments in haematology.
In addition to providing education, information and support to its 46 member-groups across 30 European countries, Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE) advocates for the best possible research and equal access to the most innovative treatment and care. With this aim, MPE has developed a series of Community Advisory Boards (CABs) focused on myeloma.