Patient Advocacy Track

ESMO Congress 2023- EDUCATION: 20-24 October 2023, Madrid

The 2023 Patient Advocates Track Sessions are designed by the Patient Advocates Working Group (PAWG) and represent an opportunity for all Congress delegates to learn, share and explore areas of collaboration while discussing topical issues for patients and survivors that directly impact cancer care and medical research.

Patient Advocacy Track Chair Testimonials

Education Programme

20.10.2023

Time	Session Title	Chairs	Location
14: 00 - 15:30	The importance to address the caregivers’ needs: The perspective of the caregivers	Bettina Ryll (Uppsala, Sweden); Katie Rizvi (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)	Cádiz Auditorium – NCC
16: 00 - 17:30	How to improve access to medicines through patient engagement?	Jana Pelouchova (Prague, Czech Republic); André Deschamps (Antwerpen, Belgium)	Cádiz Auditorium – NCC

21.10.2023

Time	Session Title	Chairs	Location
13:00 - 14:30	New approaches for technologies, therapies, and surgery	Tanja Spanic (Ljubljana, Slovenia); Anne-Marie Baird (Dublin, Ireland)	Cádiz Auditorium – NCC
16:30-18:00	The importance of secondary prevention: Early detection and screening programmes	Eva-Maria Strömsholm (Espoo, Finland); Barbara Moss (Salisbury, United Kingdom)	Cádiz Auditorium – NCC

22.10.2023

Time	Session Title	Chairs	Location
13:00 - 14:30	Living with and after cancer	André Deschamps (Antwerpen, Belgium); Natacha Bolanos Fernandez (Madrid, Spain)	Cádiz Auditorium – NCC
16:30-18:00	How does digitalisation help personalised care throughout the patient journey?	Tanja Spanic (Ljubljana, Slovenia); Gregor Cuzak (Ljubljana, Slovenia)	Cádiz Auditorium – NCC

23.10.2023

Time	Session Title	Chairs	Location
13:00-14:30	People at the center of cancer care	Stefan Gijssels (Brussels, Belgium)	Cádiz Auditorium – NCC