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"Mr President, let me begin by thanking Mr Mussa sincerely for his flawless cooperation with us all.
The figures speak for themselves. One in four people in Europe dies of cancer. The suffering caused is enormous, not only for those hit by the disease, but also for their families and friends. As terrible as cancer is, however, it is possible to survive it. That does mean, however, that the disease must be detected very early, since that leads to a considerable reduction in the number of deaths from it. It has been demonstrated that there is a link with the screening programmes, and that is why it is so important for us MEPs, too, to hold detailed discussions on reports such as this, based on sound data supplied by the Commission. I must also compliment the Commission on the report it presented. I should actually recommend that the Commission circulate that report widely. It should be compulsory reading for all policy-makers, because it reveals that preventive action saves lives.
The European Union has an enormous task ahead of it. We must ensure that the available expertise is not wasted. I therefore concur with Mrs Jöns’s words a moment ago on the cancer networks.
We must also keep innovating. That means that we must not just persist with old, classical tests. Combining a number of things that, according to this report, have been proved or are currently being proved, will enable us to do a much better job. I am thinking of not only the HPV test, but also the test for prostate cancer in Luxembourg and the test for colon cancer. Given that we also still have a European research programme, of which health forms a major part, we can do a good deal more for European citizens, particularly if the Commissioner and all of us really put this at the heart of our policy."@en1
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