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Introducing Voices of Sarcoma: Let Your Voice Be Heard
Thirteen years ago, a handful of people touched by sarcoma were united by a common aim: to bring together sarcoma patient groups and enable them to express a collective voice in the healthcare world. Sarcoma Patients Euronet (SPAEN) was born.
This section of our website, our blog, is new. This blog aims to strengthen the global sarcoma community by giving the many voices of sarcoma a chance to be heard. We hope our member organisations and their members will gain benefit from it and see it as an opportunity to contribute as well. Voices of Sarcoma is for everyone to read and contribute to.
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04 Apr METÁFORAS QUE IMPORTAN ¿Somos raros? ¿Somos guerreros? El uso de metáforas está estrechamente relacionado con el cáncer: recurrimos a ellas porque la literalidad a veces es aterradora. Y porque, dentro de la zona de confort del lenguaje, podemos salvarnos (o condenarnos). Natalia Fernández, investigadora del lenguaje de los pacientes con sarcoma, analiza por…
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2025 Lifetime Achievement Awards – Honoring Outstanding Contributions Apr 24, 2025 | 0 🏅 2025 Lifetime Achievement Awards – Honoring Outstanding Contributions SPAGN is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Awards given during the SPAGN Annual Conference 2025, recognizing their exceptional dedication and lasting impact on the sarcoma community through advocacy,……
Read MoreSPAEN becomes SPAGN
Sarcoma Patients EuroNet renamed: Sarcoma Patients Advocacy Global Network (SPAGN) Mission, Vision and Core Values revised Frankfurt/Wölfersheim/Germany On Friday, June 24, 2022, the member organisations of SPAEN voted to rename the association from Sarcoma Patients EuroNet (SPAEN) to Sarcoma Patients Advocacy Global Network, SPAGN for short. The reason for these changes in the statutes was…
Read MoreSarcoma Research Priorities: First results published
In setting the research agenda for cancers it is important to include the unmet needs of patients. As SPAGN, we are listening to sarcoma patients worldwide and bring their input for the agenda to the medical professionals. The results of the first phase of our priority setting partnership project have been published in ESMO Open.…
Read More2021 SPAEN Virtual Conference: 22 – 24 April 2021
11th SPAEN Annual Conference Virtual, global, informative and collaborative The ongoing pandemic and the decision to hold the SPAEN 2021 Annual Conference as a virtual meeting has allowed us to have even more participants in 2021! Over 200 registered participants attended the SPAEN Conference 2021 with internationally leading sarcoma experts and patient advocates representing organizations…
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