{"entity":{"id":"melanoma-patient-network-europe","kind":"collection","name":"Melanoma Patient Network Europe","aka":["MPNE","MPNEsupport"],"tldr":"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).","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"MPNE history","url":"https://www.mpneurope.org/history"},{"label":"About MPNE","url":"https://www.mpneurope.org/about"}],"tags":["patient-org"],"related":["lung-cancer-europe"],"cancers":["melanoma"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"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.","maintainer":"Melanoma Patient Network Europe (MPNEsupport, a non-profit registered in Sweden)"},"route":"/collections/melanoma-patient-network-europe/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"digestive-cancers-europe","kind":"institution","name":"Digestive Cancers Europe","route":"/institutions/digestive-cancers-europe/"},{"id":"lung-cancer-europe","kind":"institution","name":"Lung Cancer Europe","route":"/institutions/lung-cancer-europe/"}],"cancer":[{"id":"melanoma","kind":"cancer","name":"Melanoma","route":"/cancers/melanoma/"}]}}