The European Comprehensive Cancer Center Network (EUnetCCC)

As a successor to the Joint Action CraNE, which ended in September 2024, the Joint Action “European Network of Comprehensive Cancer Centers” (EUnetCCC) was launched in October 2024. The aim of the European network of Comprehensive Cancer Centers (CCC) is to connect CCC structures across Europe in order to provide all patients with access to high-quality research and care structures. The network will serve to establish research and care structures in the exchange of best practice, resources and research results in the Member States. (Project number: 101183407)

Over the next four years, the working group will focus on the following objectives:

• CCCN Implementation: As a continuation of the work on CCCNs in JA CanCon, JA iPAAC and JA CraNE support the establishment of CCCNs in all European Member States, with a focus on enhancing care quality, accessibility, cooperation and interfaces with regional/national CCCs, EUNetCCC and other stakeholders in the cancer ecosystem,
• Advance high-quality Care Standards: Updating and further development of (tumour specific) Set of Standards, Quality Indicators as well as developing a patient pathway repository and structured data documentation processes for quality indicators,
• Capacity Building and Training: Further develop and implementation of support tools and training instruments to facilitate and assist the setup of quality-assured CCCNs,
• Feasibility Testing and Certification: Setting up quality assured CCCNs in up to 6 pilot CCCNs by implementing the developed tools and instruments as well a feasibility testing of the CCCN certification framework in alignment with WP5,
• Sustainability Recommendations: Develop recommendations for the sustainable expansion and implementation of CCCNs, integrated into a broader sustainability roadmap in collaboration with Work Package 4.