Study on mapping and evaluating the implementation of the Europe's Beating Cancer Plan : final report

Europe's Beating Cancer Plan (EBCP), adopted in February 2021, proposes actions across the four pillars of the cancer pathway, i.e. prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment, and quality of life of cancer patients and survivors, and three cross-cutting themes, i.e. research and innovation, inequalities, and paediatric cancers. The 'Study on mapping and evaluating the implementation of the Europe's Beating Cancer Plan' aims to support the review of the EBCP, planned by the end of 2024. The study involved a range of data collection and analysis activities, including literature review and national desk research, interviews with EU-level stakeholders, an online targeted survey with national stakeholders, case studies, focus groups with experts, and validation workshops with stakeholders. These activities informed a future-proofing analysis of the adequacy of the EBCP with regard to recent and future technological, political and societal developments; a country-level analysis of the national cancer policies implemented, barriers experienced and potential further role of the EU; an analysis of the application process and implementation of cancer-related projects funded under the EU4Health Programme, and the development of a monitoring framework for the EBCP at EU level.