The statistics on mesothelioma cases, pleural and peritoneal, occurring among the regional population between 1990 and 2016 were updated.
How does pervasive information improve the decision-making process of women participating to mammography screening? The results of the DonnaInformata-Screening project will be presented in Milan, June 11th.
A new IARC publication highlights the great variations in cancer incidence, survival and mortality, which exist between countries and, within the same countries, between different social groups.
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 slides of the Conference are online.
The materials produced during the final meeting of the Lifepath project, held on 26 and 27 March in Geneva, dedicated to investigate the link between socioeconomic status and health are online.
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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.