Participants, Physicians or Programmes: Participants ’ educational level and initiative in cancer screening

Each year, cancer is diagnosed in around 3.2 million Europeans. In addition to being a major cause of suffering and death, it is thus also a priority of health policy in the European Union [1,2]. Deaths from cervical, breast or colorectal cancer comprise a substantial proportion of all cancer deaths in the EU [1]. In 2003, the European Council strongly advocated the development and implementation of national screening programmes for cervical, breast and colorectal cancer in all EU Member States [3].

Source: Health Policy - February 12, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Barbara Willems, Piet Bracke Source Type: research