WONCA Europe’s contribution to ECO’s Men and Cancer: Raising the Issues Action Report

Community 365 Roundtable Meeting - Men and Cancer was held on 28 April 2022, brought together leaders in men’s health, experts in oncology, patient advocates and others to consider the framework of cancer control as seen through the lens of men’s health. Wonca Europe Past President Prof Mehmet Ungan represented Wonca Europe in this gathering under the topic “Prevention and Service Delivery: What Needs to Change?”.

Men bear an excess burden of cancer, in terms of both incidence and mortality. In the EU-27 in 2020, there were 1.44 million cancer cases in men and 1.24 million in women. 705,000 men died from cancer compared to 555,000 women. Excluding breast cancer and the sex-specific cancers , the incidence and mortality rates for all cancers are higher in men except for thyroid and gallbladder cancers. 

But this significant inequality is rarely acknowledged or discussed by policy makers or service providers. Consequently, action is rarely taken to address and tackle it. The Roundtable aimed to change this and has produced the “Men and Cancer: Raising the Issues” Action Report.

Please click here to see the Action Report.