Informing prostate cancer screening policy makers in the European Union: lessons from cancer screening governance and policymaking

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14110%2F25%3A00141524" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14110/25:00141524 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article/35/3/440/8157805?login=true" target="_blank" >https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article/35/3/440/8157805?login=true</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf066" target="_blank" >10.1093/eurpub/ckaf066</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Informing prostate cancer screening policy makers in the European Union: lessons from cancer screening governance and policymaking

Original language description

Prostate cancer (PCa) poses a significant global health threat, with high incidence and mortality rates. In 2022, the Council of the European Union (EU) updated its screening recommendations, prioritizing PCa screening. This signals a crucial step towards establishing new early detection programmes in EU member states. This study investigates the role of policy makers and governance in cancer screening to inform the development of PCa screening. We had a mixed-method study design. First, a rapid review was conducted on policy making and governance in EU-funded cancer screening initiatives. Second, a focus group discussion reviewed study concepts and methods. Third, a systematic literature review was performed and, fourth, a series of in-depth interviews with actors involved in PCa screening pilots was conducted. Data were analysed thematically and the findings are used to propose 10 recommendations for policy makers. The results of the rapid review and focus group discussion framed the study in the context of existing cancer screening programmes across the EU, and highlighted what already exists in terms of governance tools and methodology. The literature review and in-depth interviews presented key learnings from the literature and real-life settings. These findings are reported using a pre-existing conceptional framework for effective health system governance. The study underscores the critical importance of governance in effective cancer screening programmes. Ten recommendations are proposed, including: defining cancer screening governance, allocating budgets and defining common approaches and key performance indicators for evaluation, establishing methods to enhance citizen participation, and reinforcing network governance.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30204 - Oncology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

European journal of public health

ISSN

1101-1262

e-ISSN

1464-360X

Volume of the periodical

35

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

440-446

UT code for WoS article

001503173800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105009728931