Vision Zero Cancer
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Coordinator | Stiftelsen Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) - Stiftelsen Stockholm School of Economics institute for research (SIR) |
Funding from Vinnova | SEK 25 000 000 |
Project duration | November 2019 - November 2024 |
Status | Ongoing |
Venture | Vision-driven health |
Call | Establishment of vision-driven innovation milieus |
Purpose and goal
Vision Zero Cancer - eliminating cancer as a cause of death - is the mission that the initiators of the Innovation Hub Cancer gather around and act on. The overall goal is to create a national contact point for system innovation that helps transforming cancer from a fatal to a curable or chronic disease in Sweden and globally. The Innovation Hub will contribute to making Sweden the world leader in preventative work, early discovery, diagnosis, treatment and organization for patient-centered follow-up of cancer.
Expected results and effects
Vision Zero Cancer will sharpen the opportunities for strategic collaboration and solutions will be tested more methodically and targeted to eliminate cancer as a cause of death. Initially the work focuses on lung cancer. The working model will later be disseminated to other cancer diagnoses together with the healthcare system. By breaking today´s lock-ins and creating natural conditions for interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral collaboration, the hub will accelerate the renewal of the ecosystem for research, development, prevention and care.
Planned approach and implementation
The activity is designed based on two different approaches, initiatives that are identified and prioritized based on strategic analysis and needs, and initiatives where a group of actors seeks a platform for collaboration and testing solutions and projects. Through analysis, the hub´s network will identify concrete problems, knowledge gaps and possible solutions that need to be prioritized in order to reach the vision. The work will be done in five areas; prevention, diagnostics, treatment, research/clinical trials/registries, and organization/models/ethics/economics.