About · Financial discrimination
Paying twice for the same disease
Financial discrimination is the unfair and unequal treatment of cancer survivors by banks and insurers because of their medical history.
Where survivors meet a closed door
Mortgages and loans
Life insurance
Travel insurance
Getting or keeping a job
A human rights issue
Life after cancer is a matter of equality and dignity
The Right to be Forgotten is more than health policy. Being treated like anyone else once cured is a question of fundamental rights.
Council of Europe · 1 October 2026
Meeting with Women@PACE
The initiative met the Women@PACE network at the Council of Europe. The network is working on a motion on the Right to be Forgotten.
About · Who leads the initiative
Prof. Françoise Meunier
MD, PhD, FRCP (UK) · Founder of the European Initiative on Ending Discrimination against Cancer Survivors (2018) · Former Director-General of the EORTC (1991–2015)
Royal Academy of Medicine of BelgiumVice-President, and next President as of 30 January 2027
European Academy of Cancer SciencesMember of the Science Policy Committee
European Cancer OrganisationMember of the Steering Committee of the Survivorship and Quality of Life Network
Cancer Patients EuropeMember of the Scientific Committee
RPP Group supports this initiative, with the financial support of Fonds Cancer.