European Urology Open Science (Jul 2023)

How to follow the new EU Council recommendation and improve prostate cancer early detection: the Prostaforum 2022 declaration

  • Ondřej Májek,
  • Marek Babjuk,
  • Monique J. Roobol,
  • Ola Bratt,
  • Hendrik Van Poppel,
  • Roman Zachoval,
  • Jiří Ferda,
  • Marcela Koudelková,
  • Ondřej Ngo,
  • Jakub Gregor,
  • Sarah Collen,
  • Karel Hejduk,
  • Ladislav Dušek,
  • Vlastimil Válek

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 53
pp. 106 – 108

Abstract

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An updated Council of the EU recommendation on cancer screening was adopted in December 2022 during the Czech EU presidency. The recommendation included prostate cancer as a suitable target disease for organised screening, and invited countries to proceed with piloting and further research. To support further discussions and actions to promote early detection of prostate cancer, an international conference in November 2022 (Prostaforum 2022) resulted in a joint declaration. Here we describe the EU policy background, summarise the preparation of the declaration and the key underlying evidence and expert recommendations, and report the text of the declaration. The declaration summarises the striking inequalities in prostate cancer burden in Europe and calls on all stakeholders to consider and support concrete steps for advancement of organised early detection of prostate cancer. Our aim is to request endorsement of the text and potential initiation of practical actions by all stakeholders to support the aims of the declaration. Patient summary: Prostate cancer is among the most frequent cancers and is one of the most common causes of cancer death among men. The European Union has recommended new pilot programmes for prostate cancer screening. The Prostaforum 2022 declaration invites all stakeholders to support this new recommendation with specific steps.

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