# MEPs Against Cancer

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MEPs Against Cancer Abbreviation MAC Formation 2005 Type Advocacy group Location Brussels, Belgium Region served European Union Members Members of the European Parliament Chair Romana Jerković Affiliations European Parliament Website Official website

**MEPs Against Cancer** is a group of 23 [Members of the European Parliament](/source/Member_of_the_European_Parliament) who aim to "promote action on cancer as an [EU](/source/European_Union) priority and harness European health policy to that end" and to encourage every country to develop a national plan for combating cancer.[1][2]

During the [2019–2024 parliament](/source/Ninth_European_Parliament), the group was chaired by Cypriot MEP [Loukas Fourlas](/source/Loukas_Fourlas) and French MEP [Véronique Trillet-Lenoir](/source/V%C3%A9ronique_Trillet-Lenoir) until her death in 2023.[1][3][4][5] The members of the group came from 25 [EU member states](/source/Member_state_of_the_European_Union) and all [EU parliament groups](/source/Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament).[6]

In the incumbent [2024–2029 parliament](/source/Tenth_European_Parliament), the group has 23 MEPs from 19 member states.[7] Croatian MEP [Romana Jerković](/source/Romana_Jerkovi%C4%87) is the current chair of the group.[7]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-about_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-about_1-1) ["About MAC (MEPs Against Cancer)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070525014635/http://www.mepsagainstcancer.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=27). MEPs Against Cancer. Archived from [the original](http://www.mepsagainstcancer.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=27) on 25 May 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["'Fewer Patients - More Cancer Survivors - What national Cancer Plans can do'"](http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/publicpolicy/workingwithgovernment/europe/events/macmeeting/index.htm). [Cancer Research UK](/source/Cancer_Research_UK). 16 January 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2010. [*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-TPM_3-0)** ["Europe in Wide Screen"](http://www.e-pages.dk/dods/91/). The Parliament Magazine. February 2008. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 21 March 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["MEPs Against Cancer: MAC MEPs | Association of European Cancer Leagues - ECL"](https://web.archive.org/web/20211216073915/https://www.europeancancerleagues.org/meps-against-cancer-mac-meps/). 12 December 2017. Archived from [the original](https://www.europeancancerleagues.org/meps-against-cancer-mac-meps/) on 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2020-11-12.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["La députée européenne française Véronique Trillet-Lenoir est morte à 66 ans"](https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/la-republique-en-marche/la-deputee-europeenne-francaise-veronique-trillet-lenoir-est-morte-a-66-ans_AD-202308090507.html). *BFMTV* (in French). Retrieved 2023-08-31.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["MEPs Against Cancer: About MEPs Against Cancer | Association of European Cancer Leagues - ECL"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230211002037/https://www.cancer.eu/meps-against-cancer-about-meps-against-cancer-2/). 2017-12-12. Archived from [the original](https://www.europeancancerleagues.org/meps-against-cancer-about-meps-against-cancer-2/) on 2023-02-11. Retrieved 2021-12-26.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_7-1) ["MAC MEPs in the 2024-2029 legislature"](https://www.cancer.eu/meps-against-cancer-mac-meps/). *MEPs Against Cancer*. Retrieved 21 January 2025.

## External links

- [Official website](https://www.cancer.eu/mac-membership/)

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