# Melanoma Patient Network Europe

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## TL;DR

A volunteer network of melanoma patients and advocates in Europe, founded in 2013, that works on access to prevention, early detection and effective treatment.

## Summary

Melanoma Patient Network Europe continues the work of m-icab, the Melanoma Independent Community Advisory Board, founded in 2010 by Patricia Garcia-Prieto and Quentin van Daele, both patients with metastatic melanoma, according to its history page. Bettina Ryll took over its leadership after Garcia-Prieto's death in 2013 and founded MPNE that year to cover broader advocacy. It says it has no office and splits its work among volunteers. Its legal body, MPNEsupport, is a non-profit registered in Sweden (organisational number 168024921069).

## Fields

- Kind: Collection
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: MPNE; MPNEsupport
- Tags: patient-org
- URL: https://www.mpneurope.org/
- Holds: A volunteer network of melanoma patients, carers and advocates across Europe working on access to prevention, early detection and treatment, with publications, annual meetings and a list of national members.

## Sources

- MPNE history: https://www.mpneurope.org/history
- About MPNE: https://www.mpneurope.org/about

## Connected records

- institutions: [Digestive Cancers Europe](https://onco.cc/institutions/digestive-cancers-europe/), [Lung Cancer Europe](https://onco.cc/institutions/lung-cancer-europe/)
- cancers: [Melanoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/melanoma/)

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