10.31.23
One-fifth of men and one-sixth of women will face cancer during their lifetime.
La Roche-Posay, a leader in skincare powered by innovation and education, has been committed to helping cancer patients through oncology initiatives for more than 25 years.
'Healing Power of Touch' Campaign
This year, in partnership with the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), La Roche-Posay is raising even more awareness and have an even greater impact within its “Healing Power of Touch'' campaign with the launch of its first digital learning platform, cancer-support.com. This learning portal empowers cancer patients and caregivers with the training they need to improve lives, starting from just 15 minutes of education. Eighty percent of patients confirm that supportive care has helped them in their management of their diagnosis, making training essential.
In its commitment to empowering as many people as possible, La Roche-Posay hopes the platform, which went live this past September, will reach as many as 300,000 patients and caregivers in the first year. Additionally, for each training session completed through the end of the year, La Roche-Posay will add 1 euro to its donation to the UICC, the largest global membership organization dedicated to the fight against cancer.
“It is essential to raise awareness among both patients and caregivers about the skin-related side effects of cancer treatments and offer ways to mitigate them,” said Laetitia Toupet, global brands general manager, L’Oreal Dermatological Brands. “We still hear too many patients say, 'If only I had known about these solutions, it would have changed my life!' We don't want to hear that ever again.”
Since 1905, La Roche-Posay has been committed to improving the quality of life for those with skin conditions at the La Roche-Posay Thermal Center in France as well as through oncology initiatives globally. Every year, over 7,500 patients visit the La Roche-Posay Thermal Dermatology Center to experience healing properties of the La Roche-Posay Thermal Spring Water to treat the side effects of various skin conditions. Almost 50% of the patients visiting the Thermal Center have undergone cancer treatments such as chemotherapy or radiation.
Working closely with dermatologists around the world, La Roche-Posay continually updates the scientific knowledge about skin side effects as cancer treatments evolve, and provides safe and efficient dermatological skincare solutions.
La Roche-Posay is currently the only skincare brand to partner with the UICC, supporting it in its mission to convene key stakeholders, build capacity and build advocacy. La Roche–Posay was proud to act as an official sponsor for World Cancer Day 2023, an initiative created and managed by UICC.
In October, La Roche-Posay was an official partner for this year’s World Cancer Leaders Summit (WCLS), the most important annual, high-level policy meeting dedicated exclusively to influencing global decisions which impact cancer control hosted by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). The event brings together global health leaders and key decision makers from around the world to debate emerging global issues related to cancer, and provide a vital forum to secure a coordinated, cross-sector global response.
This year’s summit took place in Long Beach, CA from October 16-17. Organized in partnership with the World Health Organization, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, and the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Summit gathered around 350 global health leaders and decision makers from diverse sectors, including Heads of State, national governments, Royalty, First Ladies, United Nations agencies, the cancer community, the NCD community, academia, leaders in the private sector and patient groups.