MEPs Against Cancer

MEPs Against Cancer is a group of 127 Members of the European Parliament who aim to "promot[e] 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 Cypriote representative Loucas Fourlas and French MEP Véronique Trillet-Lenoir.[3][1]

MEPs Against Cancer
AbbreviationMAC
Formation2005
Location
  • Brussels, Belgium
Region served
European Union
Membership
Members of the European Parliament
Chair
Loucas Fourlas and Véronique Trillet-Lenoir
AffiliationsEuropean Parliament
Websitehttps://www.europeancancerleagues.org/meps-against-cancer-about-meps-against-cancer-2/

References

  1. "About MAC (MEPs Against Cancer)". MEPs Against Cancer. Archived from the original on 25 May 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
  2. "'Fewer Patients - More Cancer Survivors - What national Cancer Plans can do'". Cancer Research UK. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
  3. "Europe in Wide Screen". The Parliament Magazine. February 2008. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 21 March 2010.

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