CCI4EU - Early Cancer Detection, Screening, and Prevention
CCI4EU - 7th online course
CCI4EU - Early Cancer Detection, Screening, and Prevention
CCI4EU - 7th online course

Chairs
: Ugo Pastorino, IT - Joachim Schüz, FR
Introduction
CCI4EU (Comprehensive Cancer Infrastructures for the European Union) is a European project aiming to help Member States and Associated Countries improve or develop their existing or future Comprehensive Cancer Infrastructures (CCIs), by helping develop their research & innovation-related capacities.
This course is one of 10 online training courses organised within the project to help countries develop an effective comprehensive infrastructure and widen the reach of this grant. The topic of this online course is Early Cancer Detection, Screening, and Prevention.
The aim of the course is to inform CCIs about current approaches to cancer detection, screening, and prevention practices.
Target audience
Directors, managers and coordinators at hospitals/clinics/CCIs, clinicians, researchers, nurses, patients advocates
The aim of the course is to inform CCIs about current approaches to cancer detection, screening, and prevention practices.
Target audience
Directors, managers and coordinators at hospitals/clinics/CCIs, clinicians, researchers, nurses, patients advocates
Course delivery
This online course was held live on 4 June via this webpage. The entire course has been recorded and will remain available as on-demand material.
To access the on-demand materials, participants must register to the course, login to the e-ESO platform and click on the play buttons inside the course programme.
To access the on-demand materials, participants must register to the course, login to the e-ESO platform and click on the play buttons inside the course programme.
Official language
The course was held in English. Translations are not provided, but English subtitles can be activated and transcriptions can be automatically translated using free online tools.
Registration
Registration to the course is free but mandatory.
Certificate of attendance
Participants (both live and on-demand) will be issued a certificate of attendance once they have completed a minimum attendance of 75% of the entire course. An online evaluation questionnaire must be completed in order to receive the certificate that will be issued by email. The evaluation questionnaire will appear in the right-hand column of the course page when participants have completed the course.
Organising secretariat
Sarah Goldman: sgoldman@eso.net
Francesca Marangoni: fmarangoni@eso.net
04/06/2025 12:30
Live Streaming
04/06/2025 12:30
Welcome and Opening Remarks
04/06/2025 12:35
Primary Prevention
12:35
Overview of European cancer burden and preventable cancers
Isabelle Soerjomataram (FR)12:50
Diet and cancer: what is a healthy diet
Bernard Srour (FR)13:05
Myths about diet and cancer
Kostas Tsilidis (UK)13:20
Case study: Campaigning to protect people from getting skin cancer
Brian Køster (DK)04/06/2025 13:35
Vaccinations
13:35
The importance of vaccinations in reducing premature deaths
Ugo Pastorino (IT) Joachim Schuz (FR)13:40
Vaccination against HPV: boosting coverage and tackling misinformation
Janne Villemoes Bigaard (DK)04/06/2025 13:55
Panel Discussion Primary Prevention and Vaccinations
04/06/2025 14:25
Break
04/06/2025 14:40
Secondary Prevention and Screening Policies
14:40
EU Cancer Burden and Principles of Screening
Partha Basu (FR)14:55
Why certain cancers are better for screening
Esther Toes-Zoutendijk (NL)15:10
Early Detection and Driver Interception: Expanding from Screening to Multicancer Testing
Adriana Albini (IT)04/06/2025 15:25
Screening Practices
15:25
Programmes for colorectal cancer (history, where we are)
Nereo Segnan (IT)15:40
Lung cancer: practice of screening
David Baldwin (UK)04/06/2025 15:55
Panel Discussion - Secondary Prevention and Screening Practices
04/06/2025 16:25
Take home messages and closing remarks
Adriana Albini
IRCCS European Institute of Oncology IEO, Scientific Directorate Dpt., Milano, IT
Bernard Srour
Université Sorbonne Paris Nord and Université Paris Cité, Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team, Paris,
Brian Køster
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David Baldwin
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Esther Toes-Zoutendijk
Erasmus MC, Public Health, Rotterdam,
Isabelle Soerjomataram
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Janne Villemoes Bigaard
Danish Cancer Society, Screening, Symptoms and Vaccines, Copenhagen,
Joachim Schuz
AIRC - International Agency for Research on Cancer, Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, Lyon, FR
Kostas Tsilidis
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Nereo Segnan
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Partha Basu
National Cancer Institute, , Kolkata, IN
Ugo Pastorino
Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Chirurgia Toracica, Milano, IT
