This report was prepared by the cancer team at the Health Division of the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. It was co-funded by the European Union (EU) as part of the European Cancer Inequalities Registry – a flagship initiative of the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. The Registry provides sound and reliable data on cancer prevention and care to identify trends, disparities and inequalities between Member States and regions. Co‑operation with the European Commission’s Directorate‑General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) was instrumental to production of the report.
The project benefited from input from a range of stakeholders, including the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the International Agency Against Cancer (IARC), the CONCORD Programme, the World Cancer Research Fund International and the European Society for Paediatric Oncology. The Swedish Institute for Health Economics, Paris Dauphine University (LEDa-LEGOS) and Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam (Department of Public and Occupational Health) provided input and participated in the policy analysis presented.
This report benefited from comments from and discussions with OECD country representatives and OECD colleagues. The cancer team is grateful for the valuable input received from national experts, and comments provided by the OECD Health Committee and the EU Expert Thematic Group on Cancer Inequalities Registry, as well as various other stakeholders who participated in interviews and provided additional information (including the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the Association Collaborating on Hepatitis to Immunize and Eliminate the Viruses in Europe, the European Cancer Organisation, the Dutch Centre of Expertise on Health Disparities and All.Can). The publication also benefited from comments from DG SANTE, JRC, IARC and the CONCORD Programme. The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of the OECD member countries or the European Union.