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Europa Donna calls for consistent care for metastatic breast cancer in Italy
Europa Donna Italia is calling for consistent care for metastatic breast cancer across Italy.
The group says breast care centres should follow national guidelines and international recommendations, including quality measures designed for advanced breast cancer.
It also wants women to receive dedicated, coordinated care that brings specialist treatment together with nursing, psychological, rehabilitation, nutritional and palliative support.
New treatments mean more women can live for longer with the disease, which is usually treatable but not curable.
Care should control the cancer and its symptoms while helping women maintain a good quality of life.
For the national awareness day on 13 October, the group’s network has organised more than 150 events across Italy, and landmarks are being lit in pink and fuchsia.
Europa Donna Italia called for consistent, dedicated care for women with metastatic breast cancer across Italy.
The group urged all breast units to follow national guidelines and international recommendations, including quality indicators for advanced breast cancer.
It said care should be multidisciplinary and include support tailored to each woman’s needs.
The appeal was made for Italy’s National Awareness Day for Metastatic Breast Cancer on 13 October.
Europa Donna Italia’s association network organised more than 150 awareness events across the country.
- Who
- Europa Donna Italia made the appeal. It was represented by president Rosanna D’Antona.
- What
- The group called for consistent, dedicated care for metastatic breast cancer across Italy’s breast units.
- When
- 13 October, Italy’s National Awareness Day for Metastatic Breast Cancer. The article was published on 13 October 2026.
- Where
- Italy.
- Why
- Europa Donna Italia said care is fragmented across the country and called for consistent standards and dedicated care pathways.
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Europa Donna Italia made its appeal on Italy’s National Awareness Day for Metastatic Breast Cancer.
Europa Donna Italia’s association network organised more than 150 awareness events across Italy.
- Events
- More than 150 awareness events across Italy
- Awareness day
- 13 October
- Quality indicators
- Developed by the European scientific societies Eusoma and Esmo
- Landmark
- Palazzo Montecitorio in Rome was among the buildings set to be illuminated pink-fuchsia
What people are saying
We believe it is a priority to draw the attention of health institutions to the need to guarantee, in breast centres, specific care pathways for women living with the most advanced form of breast cancer.
More and more women are living for extended periods with a form of cancer that, in most cases, remains incurable but treatable.
The goal of treatment must include controlling the disease, preventing and treating symptoms, and maintaining a good quality of life.
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