ScreeningThe meeting "I programmi di screening oncologico della regione Toscana: situazione attuale e propsoettive" took place in Florence on December, 19 (...)
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The Annual Report 2013 on the cancer screening programs of Piedmont Region "Prevenzione Serena" has already been published. The report presents the results of the 2012 activity for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening and describes some issues relating to organization, quality, innovation and communication.
Last May the World Health Organization designated the Piedmont Reference Center for Epidemiology and Cancer Prevention as Collaborating Centre for early detection and screening of cancer (...)
Primary screening for HPV provides 60-70% greater protection against invasive cervical cancer than the cytology-based screening, according to a pooled analysis already published in The Lancet.
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A copy of the original approval report, stamped and signed, of the "Prevenzione Serena" program is now available online.
The project, financed by the Regione Piemonte, aimed to identify factors that encourage Albanian women to participate in cervical screening in order to develop an awareness campaign tailored to their needs, expectations and socio-cultural characteristics.
Considering the lowest levels of participation in screening programmes for immigrant women than Italian women, Prevenzione Serena decided to devote part of their work to this target through a specific project for integrating immigrant women in the regional screening programme. The initiative aimed to promote the participation of these women, making targeted interventions to improve the quality of communication and the access to screening facilities.