1 February 2023
By Tom Collins
tom@TheCork.ie

Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune is welcoming a new EU-wide innovative platform to help diagnose cancer.

Launched ahead of World Cancer Day (Saturday February 4th), the European Cancer Imaging Initiative will use artificial intelligence and digital technologies to assist in the detection, identification and treatment of the disease.

MEP Clune, a member of the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Beating Cancer, says “this initiative aims to create a common digital infrastructure across the EU.

It will help share health data from hospital networks and research labs from Ireland and all 27 member states.

The cross-border project will develop real solutions to make cancer screening more precise, timely and accessible.

It is hugely positive to see concrete proposals coming from the European Cancer Plan, designed to tackle the entire disease pathway with new approaches to prevention, treatment and care.

I welcome the EU’s approach to make the most of new technologies and artificial intelligence in medical research and the wider healthcare sector.

It is very fitting that this Initiative has been launched in the build up to World Cancer Day on Saturday February 4th.”

16/07/18
File photo of Deirdre Clune MEP
Pic Diane Cusack