ECCO 13 - One voice, one vision needed to overcome cancer...( dinate national structures for research...)

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The EU and national politicians and authorities to:

Cancer Facts

One in three people will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime and approximately one in four deaths in the EU are from cancer.

After cardiovascular disease, cancer is currently the leading cause of death in Europe. In 2004 there were an estimated 2,886,800 cases of cancer diagnosed in Europe. The most common forms of cancers diagnosed were lung (381,500, 13.2% of all incident cases), colorectal (376,400, 13%), and breast (370,100, 12.8%).

Among males in 2000, the highest cancer incident rates in the EU were in Hungary, a statistic that reflects the high incidence of lung cancer in Hungarian men. The lowest cancer incident rates were in Greece and Cyprus.

In the EU in 2000, the highest cancer incidence rate among women occurred in Denmark, which reflects the fact they have one of the highest incident rates of female breast and ovarian cancer in the EU. The lowest female cancer incident rate was in Cyprus and Greece.

5% of Europe's total healthcare expenditure is allocated to cancer, with only 10% budge
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