The Cancer Info Portal Project – Sharing development of the EU-CiP project

The EU-CIP project

The goal of this project is to build EUropean Cancer Information Portals (EU-CiPs) which will provide reliable and easy-to-access cancer information for citizens in Europe. This will help people find information they need and make informed decisions about their life and healthcare.

Cancer can affect everyone, either directly or by affecting a loved person.The EU-CiP project will create a home for information about prevention, diagnosis, treatment and everything else related to cancer. We want to reach patients, their caretakers, families, friends and everyone who might be confronted with cancer during their life.

EU-CiP strives to enhance the overall quality of life for all those affected by cancer throughout their entire journey.

How EU-CiP works

The EU-CiP – Cancer information Portal – project in summary

Why we need EU-CiP

Not knowing where to find reliable and easy-to-understand cancer information can invoke additional fear and stress.

At the moment, a comprehensive source for this kind of information is missing.

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We know that

Patients and survivors often search for information by search engines and can be overwhelmed with unstructured or 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. They lack sustainability beyond the funded timeline.

Main objectives

For patients with cancer, survivors, relatives and caregivers: Improve access to information on 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 for patients with cancer, survivors, relatives and caregivers on all topics relevant to their cancer. It will be easy-to-understand content for all health literacies
Develop an efficient approach to build national CiPs for Member States through a collaborative network approach. CiPs will have access to a knowledge base provided by the EU-CIP Library of Contents.
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.

EU-CiP project in detail