MEPs Against Cancer
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| Abbreviation | MAC |
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| Formation | 2005 |
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Region served | European Union |
Membership | Members of the European Parliament |
Chair | Loukas Fourlas |
| Affiliations | European Parliament |
| Website | Official webpage |
MEPs Against Cancer is a group of 128 Members of the European Parliament who aim to "promote action on cancer as an EU priority and harness European health policy to that end" and to encourage every country to develop a national plan for combating cancer.[1][2] It is chaired by Cypriot MEP Loukas Fourlas and French MEP Véronique Trillet-Lenoir until her death.[1][3][4][5] Members of the group come from 25 EU member states and all EU parliament groups.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "About MAC (MEPs Against Cancer)". MEPs Against Cancer. Archived from the original on 25 May 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ "'Fewer Patients - More Cancer Survivors - What national Cancer Plans can do'". Cancer Research UK. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2010. [dead link]
- ^ "Europe in Wide Screen". The Parliament Magazine. February 2008. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ "MEPs Against Cancer: MAC MEPs | Association of European Cancer Leagues - ECL". 12 December 2017. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ "La députée européenne française Véronique Trillet-Lenoir est morte à 66 ans". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ "MEPs Against Cancer: About MEPs Against Cancer | Association of European Cancer Leagues - ECL". 2017-12-12. Retrieved 2021-12-26.