You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Our Vision
We unite European ALK-positive cancer patients towards a cure.
Members of ALK Positive Europe are part of a dedicated community working to improve the lives of ALK-positive cancer patients across Europe. Together, we collaborate, share resources, and amplify our collective voice to advance research, raise awareness, and advocate for better access to treatments and care.
What we do
Advocacy
+ Raising awareness of ALK-positive cancer.
+ Providing health literacy and information for patients and organizations.
+ Taking care of cooperation with other stakeholders
such as patient organisations and interest groups.
+ Building partnerships and advocacy with decision makers at European level.
+ Advocacy in research consortia to advance research and therapeutic modalities that can lead to clinical trials and improve the quality of life and life expectancy of ALK-positive patients.
+ Working at political level with EU institutions, but also in individual European countries.
+ Fundraising
Research
+ Identifying relevant research projects and trends.
+ Working with pharma, scientific research organisations and individual researchers.
+ Promoting development of new therapeutic approaches for ALK Positive lung cancer as well as other ALK Positive related cancers.
+ Promotion of opening of clinical trials between countries in Europe.
+ Promotion of combination therapies.
