# European Cancer Organisation

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## TL;DR

The Brussels-based federation of European oncology societies and patient groups that speaks for the whole cancer community on policy.

## Summary

Founded in 1981 as the Federation of European Cancer Societies and later known as ECCO, the European Cancer Organisation is the multidisciplinary umbrella of European professional oncology societies together with a patient advisory committee. It convenes the annual European Cancer Summit, publishes the Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care and works through focused networks on topics such as workforce, inequalities, HPV elimination, survivorship and digital health; its 'Time to Act' campaign documented the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care. It advocates for Europe's Beating Cancer Plan and the EU Cancer Mission.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: ECCO; E.C.O.; Federation of European Cancer Societies
- City: Brussels, BE
- Type: consortium
- Website: https://www.europeancancer.org

## Sources

- Homepage: https://www.europeancancer.org
- European Cancer Summit: https://www.europeancancer.org/summit

## Connected records

- fronts: [Prevention & Risk](https://onco.cc/fronts/prevention/), [Supportive Care & Survivorship](https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/)
- technologies: [HPV & HBV vaccination](https://onco.cc/technologies/hpv-vaccine/)
- companies: [EORTC](https://onco.cc/companies/curie-nki-eortc/)
- institutions: [European Association for Cancer Research](https://onco.cc/institutions/eacr/), [European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)](https://onco.cc/institutions/esmo/), [Organisation of European Cancer Institutes](https://onco.cc/institutions/oeci/)
- people: [Elisabetta Zanon](https://onco.cc/people/elisabetta-zanon/)
- bottlenecks: [Fragmented care and guideline gaps](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-care-fragmentation/), [Most of the world has almost no cancer care](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-global-access/), [Not enough oncologists, nurses, pathologists, physicists](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-workforce/), [Survivorship and late effects are neglected](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-survivorship/)

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