European week against the Cancer – May 2026
The cancer still affects to thousands of Europe-wide people every year. It caused the death of about 1.3 million people just in 2022, becoming the main death cause between people under 65 years old in Europe.
In the workplace, every year are produced in the EU 120,000 cases of cancer related to the work, and as a consequence of the exhibition to carcinogens as the silica, hardwoods, smokes diésel or the asbestos, pass away 80,000 people a year.
One week for action
The European Week against the Cancer (EWAC), celebrated every year between on 25 and 31 May, is an initiative led by the Association of European Leagues against the Cancer (ECL), an event that in this edition, under the slogan “Together against inequalities in the cancer” it expects to raise awareness and to sensitise on the importance of finishing with inequalities in the access to the prevention, the early detection, the processing and the attention for all the people.
The cancer cause 1 out of 4 deaths in the European Union. But the good news is that 40% of cases of cancer in Europe you can prevent. The day 25 May is dedicated to the primary prevention.
European Code Against the Cancer
And if the prevention of the cancer could begin with simple and everyday changes and intelligent political stock?
This year is opened the 5th edition of the European Code Against The Cancer (ECAC5) that collects 14 ways of preventing the cancer, directed to the people and the political people in charge. The present edition of the European week wants to help to promote this ECAC5.