This Coffee Chat has been initiated & funded by Eisai Europe Ltd.
Exploring HCC’s hidden burden: supporting mental health for patients, families and caregivers.
Living with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) – a type of liver cancer – creates a complex web of challenges that extend beyond medical treatment, affecting patients’ daily routines, relationships and psychological wellbeing. This Coffee Chat aims to explore some of the mental health dimensions of HCC and how diagnosis and treatment may impact everyday life and family dynamics for caregivers.
What will you learn?
Understand the comprehensive daily impact of HCC
Identify mental health and well-being challenges throughout the HCC journey
Learn about the impact on mental health and well-being for families and caregivers of people living with HCC
Overcome mental health stigma and communication barriers
Discover what support healthcare professionals can offer to people living with HCC and their caregivers to manage their mental health
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Who this may interest?
Oncologists
Other healthcare professionals
Patients and caregivers
Healthcare leaders
Mental health professionals
Policy makers and public health experts
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Speakers
Teresa Casanovas TaltavullÂ
Director and Committee leader
European Liver Patient Association (Brussels, Belgium)
Teresa Casanovas Taltavull is the Director and Committee leader at the European Liver Patient Association, an organization that aims to raise awareness about liver disease.
Christoph Roderburg
Professor/ Doctor
University Hospital Düsseldorf (Germany)
Christoph Roderburg is a highly accomplished doctor with 16 years of experience in internal medicine. He specializes in gastrointestinal oncology and drug tumor therapy, making him an expert in treating cancer in the gastrointestinal system. He has an impressive academic background, including a Master of Health Business Administration, and has published 337 scientific publications.
Throughout his career, he has held various prestigious positions in renowned medical institutions in Germany – Senior Physician at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen and the Charite University Hospital in Berlin, and Head of the Abdominal Oncology Centre at the University Hospital Düsseldorf.
Initiated & funded by Eisai Europe Ltd.
EMEA-NON-26-00006
date January 2026