The JRC’s ‘Tackling Cancer and other non-communicable diseases’ Portfolio 29 brings together cancer-related projects from the JRC.

EC Knowledge Centre on Cancer / European Cancer Inequalities Registry

The EC Knowledge Centre on Cancer (KCC) aims to connect all Scientific & Technical JRC activities that relate to cancer in order to leverage coordination and to give added value for the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, the Mission on Cancer and for other EC activities dedicated to tackling cancer.

The EC Knowledge Centre on Cancer, the first flagship initiative of the Plan, aims to foster one EC coordinated approach to tackling cancer. The European Cancer Inequalities Registry (ECIR) is a repository of existing data in one place of potential indicators that will present and highlight inequalities in cancer prevention, screening and care from different sources.

Healthcare Quality activities on cancer screening

The project works on evidence-based guidelines for prevention/screening and diagnosis together with requirements for quality ensured patient care in healthcare settings covering the entire pathway from screening until end-of-live care.

Targeted Alpha Therapy

The application of radiopharmaceuticals labeled with alpha emitting radioisotopes in oncology (Targeted Alpha Therapy) is such an emerging and highly promising approach for cancer treatment. JRC has pioneered this concept in collaboration with a large network of clinical partners over many years from bench to bedside, and has become one of the key players worldwide in the field.

Radionuclides for medicine

The RadioMed project thus brings together JRC's expertise in medical radioisotopes to support, on the one hand, market studies on medical radionuclides and related EU initiatives and, on the other hand, experimental investigations to support novel productions paths for established and emerging radionuclides.

Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) and standardisation of in-vitro diagnostic measurements

CRMs for IVDs support international standardisation efforts and are produced in collaboration with the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC). IFCC provides clinically relevant data and prioritises those biomarkers, where standardisation requires the availability of commutable CRMs. Beside the development of CRMs, this project supports the standardisation efforts related to cancer screening.

Drug and tobacco forensic testing

The Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) aims to improve the functioning of the internal market for tobacco and related products, while ensuring a high level of health protection for European citizens. The Directive sets rules for the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products and lays down safety and quality requirements for nicotine-containing electronic cigarettes.

Collaborative Health Information European Framework

The objective of this project is to propose pragmatic and scalable solutions for the periodic derivation of indicators on the major non-communicable diseases (NCDs) outside cancer.

European Cancer Information System

The European Cancer Information System (ECIS) provides indicators that quantify cancer burden across Europe, such as cancer incidence, mortality, survival and prevalence for the major cancer sites.

EU Rare Diseases Platform

The nature of the EU RD Platform's work and its purpose are directly contributing to implementation of the EU strategy in the field of rare diseases and the achievement of the EU strategy for data.

Health Promotion – towards enabling environments for health and sustainable diets

This project provides scientific analyses in the form of tools, reports and summary assessments to support EU policies in relation to health promotion. A main focus is on creating supportive food environments to enable healthy and sustainable diets and lifestyle.

The KCC pillars are also involved in two other JRC portfolios:

Sustainable food systems

Life and health sciences