Projects
Reaching more women in cervical cancer screening with a better prediction of their cancer risk. University of Antwerp
Implementation of population screening for breast, cervical end colorectal cancer - year 2023 Ghent University
A population-based screening is a systematic offer of screening to a population group with predetermined common characteristics. For example, it may involve women and/or men belonging to a certain age group. Population screening involves screening for a disease (e.g. breast cancer) or a precursor of a disease (e.g. colon polyps) or for a health risk (e.g. an unhealthy lifestyle), without any health complaints related to the disease, precursor ...
Early detection of cervical cancer in hard-to-reach populations of women through portable and point-of-care HPV testing Ghent University
Cervical cancer is the 4th most common cancer in women worlThe ELEVATE project sets a multidisciplinary team comprising manufactures and experts from Europe and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, to improve the global adequacy and coverage of cervical cancer screening, particularly to specific populations of women that by not being regularly screened (hard-to-reach populations) are at higher-risk to develop cervical ...