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Specialists from the National Cancer Institute took part in a series of strategic working meetings in Germany dedicated to building the European Network of Comprehensive Cancer Centres (EUnetCCC).
For Ukraine, participation in this project means an opportunity to integrate into the European oncology community and accelerate the reform of the national cancer care system.
A delegation consisting of Yurii Kondratskyi, Head of the Department of Esophageal and Gastric Tumors, and oncological surgeons from that department, Oleksii Dobrzhanskyi and Mykyta Pepenin, visited University Hospital Chemnitz and the German Cancer Society (DKG) in Berlin.
In Chemnitz, the delegation was hosted by the Department of Thoracic and Visceral Surgery. Participants took part in tumour board meetings, as well as in-depth discussions on multidisciplinary collaboration, team structure, and the integration of surgical oncology with anesthesiology, radiology, oncology, and nursing. The program also included an exchange of experience on establishing a comprehensive cancer care network for lung cancer.
In Berlin, discussions covered the conceptual and technical aspects of implementing comprehensive cancer care networks: applying care standards, quality indicators, designing patient care pathways, and data documentation systems. The visit concluded with a strategic session on planning the next steps in establishing such networks in Ukraine.
The European Network of Comprehensive Cancer Centres is a large-scale initiative of the European Commission, bringing together 163 partners from 31 countries across the EU and neighboring states. The network was created to ensure equal access to high-quality cancer care for 90% of patients who need it by 2030. This goal is set out in Europe's Beating Cancer Plan.
JA EUnetCCC is working on:
Within JA EUnetCCC, the German Cancer Society leads Work Package 9, dedicated to establishing regional comprehensive cancer care networks. The work package's task is to support countries in implementing a network model of cancer care that improves treatment quality and optimizes patient routing.
The participation of National Cancer Institute physicians in these meetings is an important step toward integrating the Ukrainian oncology community into a unified European system of quality and innovation in cancer treatment.
