👋 Meet Gemma Binefa from the Institut Català d'Oncologia (ICO – Catalan Institute of Oncology) 🇪🇸 WP7 Lead & Competent Authority Representative. linkedin.com/in/gemma-binefa… 🔗 Behind EUCanScreen: eucanscreen.eu/meet-the-peop… #EUCanScreen #MeetThePeople #CancerScreening #CancerPrevention

During the 17th IACCS Conference in Taiwan, #EUCanScreen Scientific Leader Marcis Leja and Project Coordinator Iveta Enina explored a unique community-based screening model that brings preventive services directly to local residents. read more: eucanscreen.eu

💉 "It's a miracle that today we can consider cervical cancer as a largely preventable cancer." — Dr Lela Bakradze, Georgia 🇬🇪 @WHO/Europe features how HPV vaccination is transforming cervical cancer prevention across generations. 👉EUCanScreen.eu

👋 Meet Christoph Kowalski from the German Cancer Society 🇩🇪. What he enjoys most about working in EUCanScreen: working with all these inspiring and dedicated people from across Europe 🔗 Meet the People EUCanScreen: eucanscreen.eu/meet-the-peop… #EUCanScreen #MeetThePeople

🎗️🩺 6th DYPEDE at the workshop "Clinical Studies in Oncology: Information, Knowledge, Safety" (6 June 2026) with Prof. Apostolos Vantarakis, highlighting #EUCanScreen, prevention & early diagnosis in cancer care. 🤝✨ 🔗 Read more: eucanscreen.eu/2026/06/08/eu… #6thDYPEDE #Oncology

👋 Meet Mari Nygård 🇳🇴 from the Norwegian Cancer Registry. “What inspires me is a simple wish to help improve people’s health.”💜 #EUCanScreen #MeetThePeople #CancerScreening #CancerPrevention #PublicHealth #EarlyDetection linkedin.com/in/mari-nyg�%…

🎉 Our 4th EUCanScreen Newsletter is out now! Stay connected with the latest developments in cancer screening across Europe! 👉 Read it here: eucanscreen.eu/?na=view&id=2… This edition includes updates on: 🎗️ cancer screening initiatives across Europe 📌 project milestones & country highlights 📅 upcoming events, publications & insights 💡 innovations shaping the future of cancer prevention Not subscribed yet? Join our mailing list and never miss an update! 🔗 eucanscreen.eu/#subscribe #EUCanScreen #CancerScreening #CancerPrevention #PublicHealth #EUHealth #Newsletter

👋 Meet Gianluigi Ferrante from CPO Piemonte 🇮🇹 — WP5. What motivates him: the idea that good data leads to better decisions — and ultimately better health outcomes. He turns complex information into clear evidence that helps improve the quality, effectiveness, and equity of cancer screening, so that prevention efforts truly reach the people who need them most. What he enjoys most in EUCanScreen: collaborating with people from different countries and disciplines — sharing experiences, learning what works in different settings, and co-developing tools that strengthen screening across Europe. What he always brings: a pragmatic, problem-solving mindset — connecting methods to real needs, focused on solutions that can actually be used in practice. 💜 #EUCanScreen #MeetThePeople #CancerScreening #DataForHealth #PublicHealth 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gianluigi-fe…

🇱🇻 As EUCanScreen’s Screening Campaign Country for May, Latvia highlights a major achievement in digital cancer care. The country has successfully implemented a unified oncology data exchange platform, enabling secure and real-time sharing of patient information between Latvia’s clinical university hospitals. The initiative supports: 🔹 Better coordination of cancer care 🔹 Faster access to diagnostic and treatment information 🔹 Multidisciplinary decision-making across hospitals 🔹 Reduced waiting times and fewer repeated examinations 🔹 Improved continuity and quality of care for patients Most importantly, this innovative solution creates, for the first time, a practical mechanism for real-time inter-hospital data exchange in oncology care, laying the foundation for future digital health developments across Latvia. 📖 Read more: eucanscreen.eu/2026/05/31/cl… #EUCanScreen #ScreeningCampaignCountry #Latvia #CancerScreening #CancerCare #DigitalHealth #Oncology #HealthData #EUHealth #EUCancerMission

👋 Meet Maiju Pankakoski from the Cancer Society of Finland 🇫🇮 — Task Lead 5.4 in WP5. What motivates her: improving cancer screening programmes can truly have a positive impact on society. With access to rich, long-standing registry data for monitoring and researching Finland's cancer screening programmes she has built deep expertise — and now brings that to a European scale. Her conviction: through collaboration, we can generate more comparable and timely evidence on cancer screening across countries. 📊 What she loves most in EUCanScreen: getting to know colleagues from different countries and learning about the variety of screening and healthcare systems across Europe. 💜 #EUCanScreen #MeetThePeople #CancerScreening #DataForHealth #PublicHealth 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/maiju-pankak…

🎥 Strengthening cervical cancer prevention through expert training and international collaboration 🇪🇺 Healthcare professionals and internationally recognised colposcopy specialists gathered in Riga for a specialised “Training the trainers” course under #EUCanScreen. The initiative focused on improving teaching, mentoring, and practical training skills to support high-quality and sustainable cervical cancer screening programmes across Europe. 👩‍⚕️📚 The course was coordinated by Ameli Trope from the Norwegian Cervical Cancer Screening Centre and featured leading experts including Assoc. Prof. Jana Zodzika and Cecilia Karrberg. Participants from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Ukraine joined the training, strengthening regional cooperation in women’s health and cancer prevention 🤝 Watch the highlights 🎬👇 youtube.com/watch?v=qsrEBzPm… Read more on eucanscreen.eu/.../improving… #EUCanScreen #CervicalCancer #CancerScreening #Colposcopy #CancerPrevention #WomensHealth #MedicalEducation #Latvia #PublicHealth #EarlyDetection #HealthcareTraining

👋 Meet Andre Carvalho, WP4 Co-Lead @EUCanScreen / @IARCWHO 🌍 "Inspired by the potential of cancer screening to prevent disease, reduce inequalities, decrease cancer mortality and improve population health at scale." What he enjoys most in EUCanScreen: collaborating with colleagues from different countries and professional backgrounds — learning from diverse experiences, identifying common challenges, and developing solutions that work across different contexts. 💜 #EUCanScreen #CancerScreening #PublicHealth 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/andre-lopes-…

📊 EUCanScreen milestone MS31 is now available, outlining the EHDS governance model, the proposed ELSI governance framework, and the HealthData@EU methodology for secure and harmonised cancer screening data use across Europe. The report focuses on three core pillars: 🗂️ Mapping current heterogeneity in cancer screening data governance across Europe ⚖️ Developing an integrated Ethical, Legal and Societal Implications (ELSI) framework 🔐 Enabling secure federated analysis through the ASPIRE solution aligned with EHDS requirements By “bringing the analysis to the data”, ASPIRE supports privacy-preserving collaboration and trusted cross-border data use for cancer screening. 🔗 Read more: eucanscreen.eu/2026/05/25/fr… 📄 DOI publication: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20280… #EUCanScreen #EHDS #HealthData #CancerScreening #PublicHealth #DataGovernance #CancerPrevention #EuropeanHealthDataSpace #euhealth @iacsaragon

👏Meet doc. dr. Urska Ivanus, MD, WP4 Lead at the Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Slovenia. Urska is a public health physician and researcher working at the intersection of cancer prevention, screening policy, quality assurance, and implementation. In EUCanScreen, she focuses on improving the sustainable implementation of impactful cancer screening programmes across the EU and empowering new generations of leaders in cancer screening. What motivates her: the opportunity to make the world a little better — reducing suffering by preventing what is preventable. She feels fortunate working together with knowledgeable and wonderful colleagues from around the world, learning from one another, and growing along the way. What she enjoys most: the collaboration with dedicated colleagues from across Europe — each bringing different experiences, perspectives, and expertise. Having the opportunity to learn from one another and to work together toward a shared goal: improving cancer screening for all Europeans. What she always brings: a constructive and collaborative mindset, focused on practical solutions — and the persistence to never give up. She believes that meaningful progress is fueld by the vision and comes from listening carefully, connecting people and ideas, and focusing on evidence and practical solutions that can be implemented sustainably. 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/doc-dr-urska… #EUCanScreen #MeetThePeople #CancerScreening #PublicHealth #EUHealth

🧬 At the Baltic Congress of Laboratory Medicine, the Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Latvia shared updates on Latvia’s progress in organized cervical and colorectal cancer screening programmes. Key priorities include strengthening laboratory diagnostics, improving screening governance, and ensuring better patient pathways from testing to follow-up care. A major focus is the development of a centralized invitation system and a national Cancer Screening Registry to improve participation and overall programme quality. 📊 📷Read More: eucanscreen.eu/.../the-cdpc-… 📷 Please Subscribe: eucanscreen.eu/#subscribe #eucanscreen #CancerScreening #PublicHealth #CancerPrevention

👋 Meet Federica Rosin, Project Manager for the activities under the responsibility of ProMIS. 🇮🇹 — WP2 Communication & Dissemination. What motivates her: contributing to stronger public health systems through European cooperation — supporting knowledge exchange and promoting equitable access to prevention and care. What inspired her: the belief that only through genuine European cooperation and sharing of perspectives can we tackle common health challenges. What she enjoys most: collaborating with Europe's leading screening experts — and ensuring citizens receive accurate, trustworthy information. Because misinformation in healthcare directly affects screening participation. What she always brings: clear, evidence-based communication — and responsibility for the impact that information may have. 💜 #EUCanScreen #MeetThePeople #HealthLiteracy #CancerScreening #PublicHealth 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/federica-ros…

International Experts Discuss Improvements to Cancer Screening and Cancer Patient Care Systems in Latvia On 12–13 May, international experts from the Erasmus University Medical Center @ErasmusMC in the Netherlands joined Latvian health authorities and oncology specialists to discuss improvements in cancer screening, early diagnosis, healthcare efficiency, and data-driven cancer care planning within the EU-supported LLUMINAS project. 🩺📊 LLUMINAS is a European Commission-supported project aimed at helping countries strengthen evidence-based and health economics modelling-driven decision-making in oncology. Key discussions focused on: 🔹 Improving the governance and quality of the cancer screening system 🔹 Strengthening monitoring of screening quality and follow-up pathways after positive screening results 🔹 Developing digital solutions and cancer data systems 💻 🔹 Developing a state-organised cancer screening system 🔹 Modelling cancer treatment costs and assessing cost-effectiveness 📈 🔹 Advancing equal access to screening services across Latvia 🤝 🔹 Supporting the implementation of Latvia’s "Oncology Healthcare Improvement Plan 2025–2027" The event was also attended by Professor Marcis Leja, Director of the Institute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine at the University of Latvia @lvuniversity , and Scientific Coordinator of EUCanScreen. The discussions highlighted the importance of international cooperation in promoting evidence-based oncology policy in Latvia, early diagnosis, and more effective and sustainable cancer care systems solutions for the benefit of patients. 🌍 read more: eucanscreen.eu @IARCWHO @EVESportals @veselibasmin #EUCanScreen #Latvia #CancerScreening #CancerCare #Oncology #EarlyDetection #PublicHealth #CancerPrevention #HealthEquity #DigitalHealth #HealthData #ScreeningProgrammes #EUHealth #CancerAwareness #CancerPolicy #HealthcareInnovation #CancerResearch #PreventiveHealth #EUProjects #ScreeningForAll