| MAC Meeting "Europe in Wide Screen" (13 Feb 2008) |
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MAC Members joined together on 13 Feb 2008 with the Parliament Magazine to shine a light on the current state of cancer screening in Europe. World Cancer Day on 4 February was a poignant reminder that Europe currently looses over 1 million citizens each year to cancer. Prevention of cancer through population based screening programmes is therefore one of the most effective strategies to stem Europe’s cancer tide.
The discussion focused on what progress has been made since the Council Recommendation on screening was adopted in 2003, what needed to be improved on a European scale, how our countries could be convinced to invest in screening programmes and how citizens could be motivated to present for screening? Tens of thousands of deaths could be prevented in the European Union each year by effective screening for cervical, breast and colorectal cancer. The EU is playing an increasingly strong role in ensuring that they are. Health Ministers adopted a Council Recommendation in December 2003, covering mammography, colorectal cancer screening and pap smear. Please find the meeting agenda here. Please find the MAC Press Release here. |
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