The "Italian Atlas of mortality inequalities by educational level", carried out by the National Institute for the promotion of the health of migrant populations and the fight against poverty diseases in collaboration with Istat has been published.
Every day 88 citizens of Piedmont receive a diagnosis of malignancy: identify them, follow the procedure, evaluate the outcomes of the therapies is the task of the Cancer Registry, active in Piedmont for over half a century. The impact data for the years 2013-2014 will be presented in Turin on 9 April.
Next 17 April, at the San Luigi Hospital of Orbassano, a meeting about the study "Active surveillance or radical diagnosis treatment for prostate cancer low risk (START)" will take place.
"Cancer numbers in Italy" was presented in Turin. The publication is the result of the consolidated collaboration between the Italian Association of Medical Oncology and the Italian Association of Cancer Registries, in addition to the AIOM Foundation and PASSI in this eighth edition of the volume.
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The CPO, a quick overview
Since 1995 CPO Piemonte is the regional reference point for epidemiology and prevention in the oncology sector.
CPO is active in cancer registration, primary cancer prevention, cancer screening programmes, monitoring the quality of care for oncological patients and research on cancer etiology.
Since 2014 the WHO has identified the CPO as a Collaborative Center for Early Diagnosis and Cancer Screening.