Cancer Mission Day 2024
On June 27, Cancer Mission Day was organized during Almedalen 2024. Cancer is a global societal challenge. To address it, we need to create better conditions for implementing new knowledge, new methods, and interventions. We need to think innovatively and adopt a holistic perspective on health. We need to collaborate in new ways between healthcare, business, and civil society.
Welcome to Cancer Mission Day 2024
A mission-oriented approach contributes to system change. Therefore, Cancer Mission Day was organized, a day dedicated to exploring innovative collaborations to develop and strengthen cancer prevention, treatment, and quality of life. A mix of seminars, workshops, and networking was arranged by Zero Vision Cancer and Testbed Sweden Precision Health Cancer in collaboration with actors such as All.Can, the Swedish Cancer Society, Genomic Medicine Sweden, Regional Cancer Centers in collaboration, SciLifeLab, and Young Cancer.
Missions are strategically directed research and innovation initiatives that aim to focus resources, both human and economic, around selected societal challenges that require innovative solutions. A mission-oriented approach helps to transform entire systems through an interdisciplinary perspective and engagement from actors at all levels working in the same direction towards common goals. And that's exactly what the zero vision does for cancer.
Swedish cancer care is undergoing rapid changes and faces challenges as well as opportunities, especially with the emergence of precision health. Despite progress, there are still significant regional differences in access to care. The EU's Cancer Mission Hub initiative and national reform proposals for precision medicine point the way forward, but there are also challenges such as supporting young cancer survivors and implementing precision diagnostics.
All material and videos are in Swedish
Welcome
A mission-oriented approach contributes to system change. Welcome to Cancer Mission Day, a day dedicated to exploring innovative collaborations to develop and strengthen cancer prevention, treatment, and quality of life. .
Cancer mission hubs are now being established in all EU member states.
These cancer mission hubs will gather, develop, and strengthen work related to the cancer mission and cancer plan, as well as long-term international collaboration. How do we organize ourselves in Sweden for the best visibility and impact? How are the public and cancer patients involved?
More and more young people are surviving severe cancer - but what does life look like afterwards?
In recent years, medical advances have led to an increasing number of young people surviving severe cancer. However, this positive development brings new challenges and questions about life after cancer and the need for rehabilitative and follow-up interventions.
Welcome video
How should tomorrow's clinical trials be designed for better cancer care?
More and improved treatments are needed for cancer patients. How can approved therapies benefit more patients? How do we create conditions for equal access to new treatments, and how do we involve patients' experiences in the design of new studies?
Fewer dies from cancer - but regional inequalities persist
Swedish cancer care is developing rapidly and is facing a possible paradigm shift with the advancement of precision health. Today, cancer mortality in Sweden is among the lowest in the EU. However, statistics from VizCan show that significant inequalities still persist.
National reform proposal for equitable access to precision medicine.
The development of precision medicine has been ongoing since the 1990s. From treatments for individual patients, we are now facing a broad implementation of precision medicine in several new areas of healthcare. This development is happening internationally, and while Sweden was an early adopter, it is now at risk of falling behind.
The path to precision medicine - Challenges and solutions for cancer patients.
Precision diagnostics is a prerequisite for the development towards precision medicine. Over the next five years, new types of precision diagnostics will begin to be used in cancer care. What is required for the healthcare system to implement these new methods? And what does this mean for patients?
Cancer Mission Day Almedalen Mingle
A mingle to network and discuss how we could, among other things, reduce preventable cancer cases by 30 percent by 2030. Changing lifestyle habits in a healthier direction is often easier said than done. The individual can do a lot, but not everything. Political measures that help promote healthy choices in the grocery store or more physical activity in our daily lives are of great importance. It is clear that both society and the individual need to take greater responsibility to reduce the number of people affected by cancer in the future. Together, we need to set ambitious goals.