As part of the Team Sarcoma Initiative, association “Za novi dan” (For A New Day) will participate in the Summer nights in Zrinjevac event, organised by the City of Zagreb. “Za novi dan” will use this event to present its work to the public and to inform visitors about sarcoma issues. As part of the ongoing initiative, this opportunity will be used to again highlight the facts that Croatia does not have a sarcoma referral center, that mostly young people are affected by sarcomas and that expensive treatments are often unavailable for sarcoma patients. Join us at the Summer nights in Zrinjevac – meet us and share your experience.

See also: Team Sarcoma / Croatia – Round Table.

As part of the Team Sarcoma Initiative, association “Za novi dan” (For a New Day) organizes round-table discussion on the subject “Sarcoma – A Forgotten Cancer.” The purpose of this event is to raise awareness of sarcoma-related problems. Dr. Davorin Herceg, sarcoma oncologist, will hold a presentation about sarcomas. Sarcoma patients will participate to show faces of sarcoma and to emphasize the fact that sarcomas are most common in children and young adults. Further, this event should highlight problems such as: there is no specialized sarcoma center in Croatia; new drugs are often expensive and unavailable; palliative care for sarcoma patients is not appropriate. An invitation letter has been sent to the media to support this event.

The event will be held at the Department of Oncology at the University Hospital Center Rebro and Medical School.

• For more information, please contact Vedran Matica.

[Due to scheduling issues, this Team Sarcoma event is being held before International Sarcoma Awareness Week.]

As a part of this project, a petition was organized with the goal of improving the treatment of cancer patients in Croatia. This petition is still open and more than 1,000 people signed it during these four days. Many people were interested in the project, including cancer patients.