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EU Health Prize for journalists

2011:
There were nearly 500 eligible entries for the 2011 prize. The national finalists have now been selected and will go on to compete for the overall prize.

Several of the shortlisted articles are about cancer and related topics. Oncology-related articles are:

• Martina Folscheid, Luxembourg: Protection against bowel cancer
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• Luís Silvestre, Portugal: The myths surrounding cancer-fighting food
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• Paula Herlo, Romania: Lung cancer kills one Romanian every 16 minutes. Testimony of a young smoker killed by the disease
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• Another article, Living with loss, by Romania’s Georgiana Ilie, is about the experience of losing a loved one to cancer.
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Winners will be announced in February. More details can be found here:
>>  http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/journalist_prize/2011/winners/index_en.htm

2010:
The articles written by the 2010 winners & finalists can be found here: >>  http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/journalist_prize/2010/winners/index_en.htm

Included in the list are several tales about cancer as well as related topics. The articles are available in their original language as well as in English translation.

Oncology-related articles are:
Finalist Austria – Thank You, Margaret
Finalist Belgium – Are we moving towards scaling things down?
Finalist Finland – Hope conquers fear
Finalist Germany – The cashier
Finalist Greece – Fighters set the example
Finalist Lithuania – Oncological illness – does it give more than it takes?
Finalist Slovenia – Leading up to death

Other related topics are:
Finalist Ireland - Medicines dot-com revolution (use of cloud (IT) technology in healthcare)
Finalist France – Healthcare without borders (practical implementation of the cross-border healthcare directive)

2009:
The articles written by the 2009 winners can be found here:
>>  http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/europe_for_patients/prize/winners/index_en.htm

The articles written by the 2009 finalists can be found here:
>>  http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/doc/jp_overview_flags.pdf