EquityCancer-LA project participates in European Parliament round table on early cancer detection
Under the title, Challenges for early detection and prevention of cancer: lessons learned from Horizon 2020 cancer projects, the round table with researchers from EU-funded projects (Horizon2020 and Horizon Europe) attracted great interest and more than 90 registrants from diverse organisations across Europe.
María Luisa Vázquez, showed the importance of integrated interventions to reduce diagnostic delays within health services, as well as their introduction through participatory processes with professionals and managers. Finally, she highlighted the experience accumulated through the predecessor projects Equity-LA II and Equity-LA.
The roundtable was structured in short presentations of lessons learned, followed by a debate between researchers and key stakeholders, with the aim of bringing research results closer to European health policies. Nico Latteur from the Association of European Cancer Leagues introduced the general aspects and the importance of early detection, cancer prevention and public awareness, followed by the presentation of the various panelists Marc Bardouv y Pia Kirkegaard (CBIG-SCREEN), Igor Grabovac (CANCERLESS), Inge de Kok and Iris Lansdorp-Vogelaar (EU-TOPIA-EAST), María Luisa Vázquez (EquityCancer-LA), Jaap Koot (PRESCRIP-TEC) and Hans Berkhof (RISCC).
Among other aspects, he highlighted the importance of integrating the programmes into health services; reaching the susceptible population, in conditions of equity; guaranteeing the quality of diagnostic tests and access to treatment for patients with a confirmed diagnosis. It also highlighted the importance of processes of adaptation of programmes to different contexts with the participation of different key actors, including professionals, managers and the population, with particular attention to vulnerable groups. It concluded with an open discussion between participants and audience, providing a space for communication and collaboration between research and policy.
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