Francisco Rodrigues Lozano
He represent the Alejandro Da Silva Foundation against Leukaemia. It is an association that helps patients with haematological diseases in the Canary Islands. As a member of the Board and Chair of Cancer Patient Europe (CPE), he lead the association in a democratic and collaborative way for the benefit of all cancer patients and their carers across Europe work closely with the Secretariat and the other Board Members to increase the credibility of CPE and consolidate its relationship with the European institutions and all the other relevant stakeholders with the ultimate goal of co-creating policies that drive prevention, high-quality cancer care, treatment and survivorship in Europe.
“I am a cancer survivor. I was diagnosed with leukaemia 15 years ago and now I am fully recovered. I had a blood marrow transplant with some complications that made me spend over a year in the hospital. After that, I decided to dedicate myself to public health and specifically to oral cancer prevention, tobacco control, and to support cancer patients. And Professionally,I am a doctor, specialised in stomatology. Since my cancer diagnosis, I have essentially worked in public health, and I have been responsible for several years of oral cancer early diagnosis and prevention campaigns organised in Spain by the Ministry of Health with the Spanish Dental Association, of which I was Secretary General. I have experience in European affairs as I have been vice president of the Council of European Dentists (CED) for 3 years and President of the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP) for 7 years”.
