Meeting of the International Screening Network (ICSN) in Turin, with the participation of the Screening Unit.

The next meeting of the International Screening Network will be held in Turin, Italy, June 21-23, four years after the last meeting in 2019, will provide an opportunity to share lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic and to restart screening activities with new impetus and renewed energy. The event program will address several topics, from new approaches to optimize screening to the potential contribution of new technologies in early cancer detection.

The Cancer Screening Unit will actively participate in the meeting, presenting two posters and two oral communications: 

Poster Session

• Short and mid-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a population-based screening programme for colorectal cancer in Catalonia (Spain)
• Success and failure of SMS reminders in a population-based colorrectal cancer screening programme (M-TICS study)

Oral Session

• Web-based decisions aids for breast cancer screening: a systematic review 
• Application of the ARIMA Model in forecasting the positivity of a faecal-based colorectal cancer screening programme in Catalonia, 2011-2022.