EU-CiP in brief

We know that

• Patients and survivors often search for information by general search engines and can be overwhelmed with unstructured, potentially unreliable information.
• Evidence-based information on cancer is rarely presented in an easy-to-understand form and does not consider the individuals‘ context.
• Most funded research or infrastructure projects address researchers, excluding the patient journey or Quality of Life aspects and lack in sustainability beyond the funded timeline.

Main objectives

• For patients with cancer, survivors, relatives and caregivers: Improve access to information about all topics relevant to cancer. Presentation in an easy-to-understand form will help develop health and digital literacy based on evidence-based sources.
• On national/regional and European levels: Create a standard federated infrastructure based on national and regional cancer nodes to reduce inequalities within and between European countries.
• In the EU health environment: Integrate EU-CiP and ensure its sustainability.

Expected outcomes

• Patients First: Improve the information base of patients with cancer, survivors, relatives and caregivers with regard to all topics relevant to the cancer entities selected.
• Provide easy-to-understand content on cancer addressing people with varying health literacy.
• Develop a more efficient approach to build national CiPs for Member States through a collaborative network approach.
• Build an EU-CIP Library of Contents as knowledge base for CiPs.
• Enhance patient care and reduce inequalities across Europe.

Learn more

Creating a central hub – the cancer information portal – to curate scientifically sound, accessible and reliable content and then working with member states to pilot national portals is not a simple process.

We’ve broken down the stages of the project for you to explore in more depth.