The Breast Screening Unit is participating in a study by the European Commission Initiative for Breast Cancer to test an accreditation system for breast cancer care services. The study, organized in collaboration with the European co-operation for Accreditation, consists of the participation of 8 centers from different countries, and aims to evaluate a proposal of […]

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The course “Training for the accreditation of the professionals of the Endoscopic Units of the Colorectal Cancer Population Screening Program” has started. The first session of the course, organized by the technical office of screening of the Catalan Institute of Oncology, which covers the entire territory of the metropolitan area of Barcelona, was held on […]

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The team of the Cancer Screening Unit together with researchers from the Biomarkers and Susceptibility Unit of the Institut Català d’Oncologia have demonstrated the benefit of participating in population screening for colorectal cancer with the fecal occult blood test in l’Hospitalet de Llobregat and l’Alt Penedès. This test allows to analyze if there is a […]

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The Colorectal Cancer Screening Committee of the World Endoscopy Organization (WEO) held Webinars during the months of April and May. The Committee created seven working groups formed by international experts in order to foster the exchange of experiences and discuss in depth aspects of colorectal cancer screening and endoscopic surveillance. The UCC has participated in […]

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According to a study prepared by researchers from the Cancer Screening Unit of the ICO l’Hospitalet and the EPIBELL Program (IDIBELL), in the period 2017-2018, out of a total of 643 pharmacies affiliated to the Official College of Pharmacists, 528 were adhered to the Program, a figure that corresponds to 85.4% of the total. Accessibility […]

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Tumors missed by screening tests are known as interval cancers and are diagnosed after a negative screening episode result but before the next cancer screening program invitation. The Cancer Screening Unit team together with researchers from the Biomarkers and Susceptibility Unit of the Institut Català d’Oncologia have reviewed the current literature on interval colorectal cancer […]

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