Bowel Cancer Screening: Ireland’s Approach to Improving Uptake and Supporting People to Choose Screening
Bowel Cancer Screening Ireland’s approach to improving uptake and supporting people to choose screening BowelScreen is Ireland’s free national bowel screening programme and is part of the HSE’s National Screening Service. BowelScreen test We use a free home-test kit known as a faecal immunochemical test, or FIT kit, to screen for bowel cancer. We invite […]
Supporting Partnership, Excellence and Equity in Cervical Screening
Supporting Partnership, Excellence and Equity in Cervical Screening The role of Ireland’s CervicalCheck Screening Training Unit The role of Ireland’s CervicalCheck Screening Training Unit CervicalCheck’s Screening Training Unit (STU) is a cornerstone of Ireland’s national cervical screening programme. By providing education, training and support to healthcare professionals – from novice to experienced sample takers – […]
Partnership, Equity and a Shared Vision: Ireland’s Progress Towards Cervical Cancer Elimination
Partnership, Equity and a Shared Vision Ireland’s progress towards cervical cancer elimination Cervical Cancer Elimination By 2040, Ireland aims to make cervical cancer rare in every community. Ireland’s experience offers an example of how coordinated national action, partnership, community engagement and system-wide collaboration can turn global goals into local progress. A clear national commitment […]
WP8:Building the Evidence Base for Equitable Lung Cancer Screening
EUCanScreen Work Package 8 (Task 8.5) Building the Evidence Base for Equitable Lung Cancer Screening PRiCAN Team The PRiCAN team at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is addressing a challenge facing health systems across Europe: how do we ensure lung cancer screening programmes reach those who need them most? Through EUCanScreen, we […]
WP7 Standardisation of Definitions, Measurements and Reporting of Interval Cancer Rates
EUCanScreen Work Package 7 (Task 7.2) WP7 Standardisation of Definitions, Measurements and Reporting of Interval Cancer Rates Collaboration As one of the key features of Ireland’s involvement in the EUCanScreen project, the Department of Health (DoH) is leading on an innovative piece of work in collaboration with the Irish National Screening Service (NSS) and experts […]
WP4:Co-Creating Sustainable Cancer Screening Across Europe
EUCanScreen Work Package 4 Co-Creating Sustainable Cancer Screening Across Europe Overview EUCanScreen WP4 focuses on enhancing the sustainable implementation of organised, population-based cancer screening programmes in Europe. It develops practical tools, governance models, and networks that support long-term, sustainable screening across Europe. Ireland, in partnership with the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), contributes to […]
Ireland Showcases EUCanScreen: Advancing Equity in Cancer Screening
Ireland Showcases EUCanScreen Advancing Equity in Cancer Screening Minister for Health, Jennifer Carrol MacNeill TD Ireland is delighted to present the EUCanScreen project, in its capacity as the spotlight country during the month of December, 2025. The goal of EUCanScreen is to coordinate research initiatives on population-based cancer screening programmes in Europe. To that end, […]
IARC awarded major grant to continue study of increasing incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer
IARC awarded major grant to continue study of increasing incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer A significant ERC Synergy Grant funds new research into gut bacteria and early-onset colorectal cancer and its global implications Major Grant IARC in partnership with the Wellcome Sanger Institute (UK), secured a major European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant to investigate […]
Thermal ablation: cost-effective and safe for the treatment of cervical precancer
Thermal ablation: cost-effective and safe for the treatment of cervical precancer Evidence from 15 years of research supports a portable thermal ablator for cervical precancer treatment, especially in low-resource settings Thermal ablation: cost-effective and safe for the treatment of cervical precancer Published by IARC on 17 November 2025, this evidence summary (No 7) reports on […]
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Dialogue Meeting for Patients and Relatives Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare On the 6th of November 2025, the Centre for Clinical Artificial Intelligence (CAI-X), on behalf of the EU projects AICE, EUCanScreen, and PREMIO COLLAB, held a dialogue meeting for patients and relatives about artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. The purpose of […]
