Dr. Laure Copel, director of the AMCC's pain and palliative care program, was the winner of the second edition of the 2023 Axel Kahn Prize*, awarded for her work in making major contributions to the study of cancer-related pain and its management on the theme: Palliative medicine and support for cancer patients. An oncologist for 20 years, she has been Head of the Palliative Care Unit at the Diaconesses Croix Saint-Simon Hospital Group in Paris since 2014.

For the AMCC's Pain and Palliative Care Program, Dr. Laure COPEL is donating €25,000 to continue the program in French-speaking countries, particularly on the African continent.

*The end of 2023 marks a first: the "Pain and Cancer" program is launched to support research and innovation, with the unique feature of combining the Axel Kahn Prize and the call for projects "Fighting cancer-related pain".  It is estimated that one in two patients with or who have had cancer suffer from chronic pain and that 10 to 15% of patients treated experience intractable pain. Added to this are inequalities in care related to place of residence, stage of the disease, etc.