ECCO - the European CanCer Organisation – follows the philosophy that every cancer patient deserves the best. To deliver on this thinking the patient is centered firmly at the core of all ECCO activities and educational programmes.

To emphasise ECCO’s commitment to its patient interest agenda the Patient Advisory Committee (PAC) was established. This timely initiative provides European patient organisations and bodies involved in patient care with a solid platform to express their expectations in solidarity with the professional organisations and afford ECCO direct insight into the issues and challenges faced by cancer patients.

Patient Advisory Committee members
July 2012 – June 2014

• Chair: Ian Banks - European Men’s Health Forum (EMHF)
• Gerlind Bode - International Confederation of Childhood Cancer Parent Organisations (ICCCPO)
• Sarper Diler - Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE)
• Sema Erdem - Europa Donna
• Jan Geissler - Leukemia Patient Advocates Foundation
• Jola Gore-Booth - EuropaColon and Global Colon Cancer Alliance
• Tom Hudson - Europa Uomo
• Joan Kelly - European CanCer Leagues (ECL)
• Kathy Oliver - International Brain Tumour Alliance (IBTA)
• Jana Pelouchová - European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC)