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On 8 July 2020, the www.ipaac.eu service will not be available due to regular server maintenance works.  The outage is planned for the following time slots: 10am (for several minutes) and 11:30am (for ca 30 minutes).

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal tumours, and it is the fourth cause of cancer death in Europe. Despite its important public health impact, however, there are no effective treatments or high-visibility research efforts.

On Friday, 29 May 2020 the National Institute of Public Health Slovenia (NIJZ) organized the second Local Stakeholder meeting, which was held online via GoToMeeting platform.

Scientists from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the Association of European Cancer Leagues, and the Cancer Society of Finland hosted an online conference on 28–29 April to discuss cancer prevention and the European Code Against Cancer.

The Finnish Stakeholder meeting has been postponed to a later date due to coronavirus situation in Europe.

The consultation is addressed to individual citizens, patients, and carers replying in their personal capacity as well as health professionals and organisations involved in cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up care and research.

iPAAC partner FISABIO (Fundació per al Foment de la Investigació Sanitaria I Biomèdica de la Comunitat Valenciana) launched in 2019 a Contest of Best Practices tackling social inequalities in cancer prevention, including both health promotion and cancer screening programmes.

Tackling cancer is one of the von der Leyen Commission’s main priorities in the area of health, since data shows that the number of cancer cases in the EU will double by 2035.

The iPAAC WP5 conference, side event of Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, was held on 5 December 2019 in Helsinki.