EUCanScreen

🔬 INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS WORK ON NEW MAASTRICHT VII/FLORENCE GUIDELINES FOR H. PYLORI TREATMENT

From 5 to 6 November, the international "Helicobacter Pylori: Global Consensus Conference" took place in Fiesole, near Florence, Italy, bringing together leading experts from Europe, Asia, North America, Africa and Australia to update the international guidelines on the diagnosis, treatment and management of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. 🇮🇹

Among the experts contributing is Marcis Leja, Scientific Lead of the EUCanScreen Joint Action. 🇪🇺

📅 This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Maastricht guidelines. This seventh revision will be followed by healthcare professionals across Europe and used by many countries as a basis for their national recommendations.

🎙️ On the first day, Professor Leja took part in two expert panels on gastric cancer prevention and the impact of H. pylori infection on public health, discussing:
🔹 the effectiveness of population screening
🔹 diagnostic methods suitable for population-based testing
🔹 the cost-effectiveness of prevention programmes
🔹 the identification of high-risk groups and early detection of gastric cancer

📸 Professor Leja with @lvuniversity Latvia Institute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine collaboration partners and working group members: Arnoldo Riquelme (Chile) and Bojan Tepeš (Slovenia).

This article is particularly relevant for screening professionals, researchers and policymakers working on gastric cancer prevention.

👉 Read the full article: eucanscreen.eu/2026/11/10/new…

This project is co-funded by the European Union. 🇪🇺

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🇨🇾 THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH TEAM BEHIND EUCANSCREEN

As Cyprus's Competent Authority for EUCanScreen, the @MinHealthCY Ministry of Health coordinates the country's participation in this European Joint Action, contributing to project coordination, dissemination and evaluation. 🇪🇺

It also supports the implementation of current screening programmes, the planning of future ones, data collection and monitoring, and the development of national screening information systems.

👥 The team:
🩺 Dr Theodora Zachariadou – First Medical Officer, Coordinator of the Screening Programs Unit and Legal Signatory for EUCanScreen
📊 Anna Demetriou – Statistical Officer, Health Monitoring Unit
🎗️ Dr Athina Skoulariki – Scientific Director of the Breast Screening Programme
📋 Dora Charalambous – Breast Screening Programme Coordinator

🎯 Together, they bring expertise in public health, breast screening, cancer data, programme coordination and project administration.

🔗 Read the full article: eucanscreen.eu/2026/11/09/the…

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This project is co-funded by the European Union. 🇪🇺

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🇨🇾 THE UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS TEAM BEHIND EUCANSCREEN Part of our Cyprus Spotlight Month 🔦.
Meet the @UCYOfficial team, bringing together expertise in public health, epidemiology, health psychology, clinical medicine and implementation research to strengthen cancer screening across Europe. 🇪🇺
👥 The team:
🩺 Anneza Yiallourou – Assistant Professor of Surgery, Academic Lead of the Breast Centre at Nicosia General Hospital and Lead of the UCY EUCanScreen team
📊 Georgios Nikolopoulos – Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
💬 Dr. Theodora Fteropoulli – Senior Research Fellow and Health Psychologist, focusing on person-centred research and patient-reported outcome and experience measures (PROMs and PREMs)
🔬 Eleni Tzounaka – Medical Doctor and Researcher, supporting evidence reviews, data collection and analysis
🎯 Within EUCanScreen, @UCYOfficial leads work on implementing quality-assurance schemes and co-leads work on classifying and reporting interval cancer rates.
👉 Read the full article: eucanscreen.eu/2026/11/06/the…
This project is co-funded by the European Union. 🇪🇺

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🫁 WEBINAR | LUNG CANCER SCREENING: SHARING RESULTS WITH PARTICIPANTS
🩺 For healthcare professionals & patient advocates

Communicating screening results is one of the most sensitive and challenging aspects of low-dose CT (LDCT) lung cancer screening. Clinical expertise meets the patient perspective!

Our speakers will open with brief, thought-provoking contributions, followed by an interactive discussion on clear, empathetic and effective communication with participants.

📅 15 December 2026
🕕 18:00–19:00 CET
🌐 Online webinar
✅ Free of charge – registration required

🎙️ Speakers:
Prof. Marie-Pierre Revel – Professor of Radiology and Head of Radiology Department, AP-HP, France
Sophia Hunt-Llonch – Patient Advocate, ALKRos1 France & @LungCancerEu

🎤 Moderator:
Dr. Anna Kerpel-Fronius – National Korányi Institute for Pulmonology, Hungary

🔗 Register: forms.gle/SNbihnBM5tw5Cb…

This project is co-funded by the European Union. 🇪🇺

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🇱🇻 NEW PILOT STUDY IN LATVIA: COULD COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING ALSO HELP PREVENT GASTRIC CANCER?

In October 2026, the EUGastScreen pilot study was launched in Latvia as part of EUCanScreen, offering residents the opportunity to complete two screening tests at home, free of charge.

The study will assess whether combining colorectal cancer screening with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) testing in a single screening process is feasible, safe and effective. 🎗️

🔹 Selected Latvian residents aged 50 are invited by post
🔹 Participants complete two tests at home: a faecal immunochemical test (FIT) and an H. pylori stool antigen test
🔹 Depending on the results, further investigations or treatment are offered free of charge
🔹 General practitioners are informed electronically

Latvia has one of the highest incidences of gastric cancer among EU countries, and approximately half of the adult population is infected with H. pylori, a significant risk factor for gastric cancer.

The study is conducted by the Institute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine of the University of Latvia (@lvuniversity), and will also be carried out in Lithuania, Estonia, Italy and Portugal.

This pilot is particularly relevant for programme organisers, researchers and health authorities interested in integrating prevention approaches into existing screening.

👉 Read more: [link to the article on eucanscreen.eu]

This project is co-funded by the European Union. 🇪🇺

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