Cancer Prevention Europe

Cancer Prevention Europe (CPE), a consortium of organizations across the whole of Europe, aims to reduce morbidity and mortality from cancer in European populations through prevention and earlier diagnosis of the disease.

  • “Risk reduction has the potential to prevent around half of all cancers”

    – Seventieth World Health Assembly, 2017

  • “Cancer research to improve the evidence base for cancer prevention and control”

    – Seventieth World Health Assembly, 2017

  • CPE was established to develop world-class prevention research in Europe that can be translated into effective cancer prevention guidelines and policies

  • “The annual number of new cancers in Europe is projected to increase to 5.21 million by 2040, which corresponds to over 100 million new cancer patients in the next 20-25 years.”

    – Cancer Prevention Europe, 2020

Latest news

  • NKI Early Cancer Detection Conference 2025 – 14-15 May 2025

    Dr Matty Weijenberg, Professor of Molecular Epidemiology of Cancer from Maastricht University, will give a presentation on “Cancer prevention: current evidence and guidance”.

    More information can be found here

  • Second Scientific webinar Series-Cancer Prevention Europe 28 April 2025

    We are excited to invite you to our second upcoming Scientific Webinar titled “Nutrition & Cancer: from prevention – through treatment – to prognosis” which will be held on 28 April 2025 at 12:00 (CET). This webinar is part of the Cancer Prevention Europe Early Career Network Scientific Webinar Series, designed to explore the latest developments in cancer prevention across Europe through a series of talks specifically targeted to public health researchers and professionals.

    For this webinar, we are honoured to welcome Professor Ellen Kampman, Full Professor and Chair Nutrition and Disease at Wageningen University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

    More information can be found here

Events

28th meeting of the CPE Steering Group meeting (Teleconference)

Date: 14 March 2025

Location: IARC, Lyon, France

27th meeting of the CPE Steering Group meeting

Date: 4 December 2024

Location: IARC, Lyon, France

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