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 […]
In a study published in the journal Preventive Medicine, the team of professionals of the ICO-IDIBELL’s Colon Cancer Screening Unit has analyzed the short-term effects of COVID19 in the program in the areas of influence of the ICO: north and south metropolitan area. The program interrupted its activity for 5 months after the first wave […]
L’oficina tècnica de cribratge de l’ICO ha actualitzat el material de suport per als professionals que col·laboren amb el Programa de Detecció Precoç de Còlon i Recte. Arran de la nova estratègia de seguiment dels pòlips colorectals, que va entrar en vigor el passat 1 de juny, el Programa de cribratge de càncer colorectal ha […]
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 […]
A study led by the UCC has estimated the number of individuals at high risk of developing lung cancer in the different Spanish autonomous communities using a prediction model and selecting individuals with a 6-year risk of ≥2%. The main variable of the risk model is tobacco consumption calculated in pack-years. This measure takes into […]
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 […]
The project integrating genetic and clinical data to predict cancer risk, in which members of the UCC participate, has been selected for the second phase of the research call. In the fourth edition of the “La Caixa” Foundation’s call for projects in biomedicine and health (HR2021), 644 projects were presented in the following thematic areas: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
