At the European Cancer Congress (ECC) 2015, Mark Lawler, PhD, of Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK, Richard Sullivan, MD, PhD, of King’s College London, London, UK, and Francesco de Lorenzo, MD, of European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC), Brussels, Belgium, discuss the ECPC initiative, ‘Europe of Disparities in Cancer’, which was designed to evaluate the position of European cancer patients on the increasing inequalities in cancer care in Europe.