Europa Uomo - The European Prostate Cancer Coalition

EUROPA UOMO INSIDE

EUROPEAN PROSTATE CANCER COALITION

Europa Uomo started in Rome in 2002, and was legally established in Milan in June 2004.

Europa Uomo is the European advocacy movement for the fight against prostate cancer. Europa Uomo's objective is to increase awareness on prostate cancer in Europe

Europa Uomo is a European coalition of patients supporting groups for prostate diseases in general and prostate cancer in particular.

At present Europa Uomo is represented in:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Please see the "Members" section for further details.

MANIFESTO OF EUROPA UOMO

Prostate cancer is one of the most common men's cancers in Europe. It is estimated that 300.000 new cases appear in 2006 in the European Union and the number will rise in the years to come. In Europe there are currently more than two million men living with prostate cancer. New diagnostic methods and changes in men's attitudes, due to increased awareness of the disease, mean that more and more prostate cancers are found at an early stage, when treatment options are most effective.

This is a chronic disease that causes emotional and social problems to patients and their families. Advances in long-term control of the disease improve both length and quality of life for patients. To control the social burden of the disease and its eventual prevention, increased resources are necessary to ensure permanent advances in research and patient care.

EUROPA UOMO
THE EUROPEAN PROSTATE CANCER COALITION
Via del Bollo n. 4, 20123 Milan - Italy

Chairman Steering Committee:
T. Hudson, Dublin

Chairman Scientific Committee:
H. Van Poppel, Antwerp

Secretary:
L. Denis, Antwerp

OBJECTIVES

To find ways and means to promote quality of life for prostate cancer patients and their families.
To promote the dissemination and exchange of evidence-based as well as factual and up to date information on prostate cancer.
To promote prostate cancer awareness and appropriate diagnosis and prognosis.
To emphasise the need for appropriate early detection.
To campaign for provision of and access to optimum treatment.
To ensure quality, supportive care throughout and after treatment.
To promote multi-professional quality care and appropriate medical infrastructure.
To acknowledge good clinical practice and promote its developments.
To ensure that all men fully understand any proposed treatment options, including entry into clinical trials and their right to a second opinion.
To promote the advancement of prostate cancer research.

CONTACTS

Central Office:

Europa Uomo
Oncologisch Centrum Antwerpen
Lange Gasthuisstraat 35-37
B-2000 Antwerpen
Belgium
E-mail: centraloffice@europa-uomo.org

Webmaster:

Joaquim da Cruz Domingos
E-mail: webmaster@europa-uomo.org