European Joint Action on Cancer Screening (EUCanScreen)

The project has the following specific objectives:

1. Ensure full, cost-effective, and quality-assured implementation of breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening.
2. Prepare for the implementation of lung, prostate, and gastric cancer screening.
3. Improve data collection and monitoring and ensure equal access to screening programs.
4. Foster collaboration with other EU projects to ensure sustainability.

The consortium brings together 29 countries, including 25 EU Member States, Ukraine, Moldova, Norway, and Iceland. The project is coordinated by the University of Latvia and involves 28 competent authorities and 61 affiliated partners.

The project in Latvia is being implemented in collaboration with the Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Rīga Stradiņš University, and Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital.

Competent Bodies

• University of Latvia (LU)
• Gesundheit Österreich Gmbh (Austria)
• Sciensano (Belgium)
• Hrvatski Zavod za Javno Zdravstvo (Croatia)
• Ministry of Health of the Republic of Cyprus (Cyprus)
• Ustav Zdravotnických Informaci a Statistiky Česke Republiky (Czechia)
• Region Syddanmark (Denmark)
• Tervise Arengu Instituut (Estonia)
• Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos (Finland)
• Institut National du Cancer GIP (France)
• Robert Koch-Institut (Germany)
• Ministry of Health (Greece)
• Országos Korányi Pulmonológiai Intézet (Hungary)
• Heilsugæsla höfuðborgarsvæðisins (Iceland)
• Department of Health (Ireland)
• Istituto per lo studio e la prevenzione e la rete oncologica (Italy)
• Lietuvos Respublikos sveikatos apsaugos ministerija (Lithuania)
• Ministry for Health and Active Ageing - Government Of Malta (Malta)
• Instituția Medico-Sanitară Publică Institutul Oncologic (Moldova)
• Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (Netherlands)
• Helsedirektoratet (Norway)
• Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy (Poland)
• Ministério da Saúde - Republica Portuguesa (Portugal)
• Institutul Național de Sănătate Publică (Romania)
• Ministerstvo zdravotnictva Slovenskej republiky (Slovakia)
• Onkološki inštitut Ljubljana (Slovenia)
• Institut Catala d'Oncologia (Spain)
• Socialstyrelsen (Sweden)
• State Institution 'Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine' (Ukraine)

Related institutions

• Slimību profilakses un kontroles centrs (Latvia)
• Rīga Stradiņš University (Latvia)
• Paula Stradiņa Klīniskā universitātes slimnīca (Latvia)
• Universität für Weiterbildung Krems (Austria)
• UMIT Tirol - Private Universität für Gesundheitswissenschaften und Technologie Gmbh (Austria)
• Centrum voor Kankeropsporing (Belgium)
• Stichting Kankerregister - Fondation Registre du Cancer (Belgium)
• Centre Communautaire de Référence pour le Depistage des Cancers (Belgium)
• Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen (Belgium)
• Centre Bruxellois de Coordination pour le dépistage et la prevention des cancers (Belgium)
• Klinički bolnički centar Zagreb (Croatia)
• University of Cyprus (Cyprus)
• Tartu Ülikool (Estonia)
• Suomen Syöpäyhdistys - Cancerföreningen i Finland Ry - Cancer Society of Finland CSF (Finland)
• Fédération hospitalière de France (France)
• Hospices Civils de Lyon (France)
• Unicancer (France)
• Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (France)
• Plateforme des données de santé (France)
• Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg (Germany)
• Leibniz-Institut für Präventionsforschung und Epidemiologie - BIPS Gmbh (Germany)
• Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft EV (Germany)
• Dioikisi 6is Ygeionomikis Perifereias Peloponnisou Ionion Nyson Ipeirou Kai Dytikis Elladas (Greece)
• Nemzeti Népegészségügyi és Gyógyszerészeti Központ (Hungary)
• Landlæknis Embættid (Iceland)
• Health Service Executive (Ireland)
• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Ireland)
• Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italy)
• Ministero della Salute (Italy)
• Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Reggio Emilia (Italy)
• Regione Marche (Italy)
• Azienda Ospedaliera Citta della Salute e della Scienza di Torino (Italy)
• Azienda ULSS 4 Veneto Orientale (Italy)
• Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri (Italy)
• Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Italy)
• Provincia Autonoma di Trento (Italy)
• Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (Italy)
• Regione Lombardia (Italy)
• ATS Pavia (Italy)
• Viešoji įstaiga Vilniaus universiteto ligoninė Santaros klinikos (Lithuania)
• Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universiteto ligoninė Kauno klinikos (Lithuania)
• Erasmus Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam (Netherlands)
• Stichting Radboud universitair medisch centrum (Netherlands)
• Stichting Bevolkingsonderzoek Nederland (Netherlands)
• Folkehelseinstituttet (Norway)

• Instytut Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc (Poland)

• Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, EPE (Portugal)
• Unidade Local de Saúde de São João, EPE (Portugal)
• Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria (Portugal)
• Institutul Clinic Fundeni (Romania)
• Institutul Oncologic "Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuță" Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
• Národný onkologický ústav (Slovakia)
• Nacionalni Inštitut za Javno Zdravje (Slovenia)
• Asociación Instituto de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud-Biosistemak (Spain)
• Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana (Spain)
• Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud (Spain)
• Fundación Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla (Spain)
• Fundació Institut Hospital del Mar d'investigacions Mèdiques (Spain)
• Sveriges Kommuner och Regioner (Sweden)
• State Institution 'Vozianov Institute of Urology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine'
• National Cancer Institute (Ukraine)

Associate partners

• Institut Jules Bordet ASBL (Belgium)
• Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport (Netherlands)
• Instituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II" IRCCS (Italy)
• Azienda Sanitaria Locale Taranto (Italy)
• MSB Medical School Berlin Gmbh (Germany)
• Centrul Național de Sănătate Mintală și Luptă Antidrog (Romania)
• Institutul Regional de Oncologie Iași (Romania)