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How is the EU fighting cancer?

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My uncle.

My sister

My childhood friend, Claude

My father-in-law

Myself

A member of my cabinet

passed away from cancer

We all know someone touched by cancer

my mother, who got cancer

for the first time when I was eight

and who died

when I was in my early twenties.

And my youngest son,

who got cancer at one year old.

My dear cousin Anya

My father who died of cancer

and more recently

my 41 years old niece

Cancer knows no age

One of my oldest

and closest friend

and

my cousin who was like a brother

to me

My friend

My best friend

My father

My beloved cousin

Yorgos

Myself

No gender

My sister

My brother

My mother

No border

In many European countries,

one in every three people

will be diagnosed

with cancer by the age of 75.

Cancer concerns us all.

Europe's Beating Cancer Plan

is a political commitment

to address cancer

and to improve the lives of everyone.

Media information
ID I-250914
Duration 01:29
Languages English
Category Clip
Institution European Commission
Views 864