What are the expected outputs of the EUROCHIP project and how will they be disseminated?

What?

  • Updating of international data-banks as indicated by EUROCHIP-1/ECHI-2 results
  • Initiation of data collection in areas where not in place and improvement of the international data comparison
  • Promotion of new initiatives and potentiation of established actions in all EU countries to monitor and control cancer

How?

  • Extending the collaboration of networks on cancer (new participating countries)
  • Establishing multidisciplinary working groups in each country (through help of willing and determined people)
  • Analysing the behaviour of various indicators in relation to their utility as determinants of clinical outcomes, possibly leading to modifications (continuous consensus conference)
  • Promoting at least one important ACTION in each country (to improve the system of cancer information and to support the fight against cancer – i.e. reduce disparities)
  • Establishing/strengthening a health information system in co-operation with other chronic disease networks as for common risk factor or morbidity indicators

The project activity follows the scheme: national groups discuss on major problems in their national cancer control programmes and propose specific action/s against these problems.

As some general trends can be singled out, EUROCHIP-2 will act in three intervention areas in Europe:
1) Early diagnosis: the EUROCHIP-2 proposal should focus on the possibility of re-activating cervical cancer screening programmes in the interested countries, as investing money in this area would represent a very important result for Europe.
2) Cancer treatment delay: for identifying the causes of differences in cancer survival in Europe, EUROCHIP-2 will promote feasibility studies with the collaboration of Cancer Registries, in order to provide information at population level on delay of cancer treatment.
3) Dietary prevention: in the fight against the risk of cancer it is important to identify a communal priority aspect. EUROCHIP-2 is discussing on the possibility to reach this objective organizing a large intervention in Europe aimed to set an improved strategy based on Mediterranean diet.

1) June 2002
EUROCHIP-1 Final Report
2) May 2003 EUROCHIP-2 Summary
3) July 2005 EUROCHIP-2 First Interim Report

Read various updates of the EUROCHIP actions organized in various countries

Read the EUROCHIP-2 work update in the WPMM form

EUROCHIP Panel of Experts was held in Varenna (Italy) on 18th October 2007.

Final report of EUROCHIP activities from UK and Belgium are under evaluation

See the new web site of the Task Force on Major and Chronic Diseases

EUROCHIP on Cervical Cancer Screening: see the updated activities in various countries.

EUROCHIP-2 project leader has been invited in the Steering Committee of the 2nd International Cancer Control Congress

Indicator availability forms are prepared by National Groups and Working Team

 
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