3 Questions
What is the purpose of the recently established activity by the European Commission?
To evaluate the effectiveness of health interventions
What is the role of the population-based cancer registries in this activity?
To collect raw data
What is the name of the Joint Research Centre located in Italy?
JRC Ispra
Study Notes
- The European Commission has recently extended its capability of connecting up research and policy conceiving at the Joint Research Centre in Ispra (Italy), with its recently established activity aimed at the set-up of an integrated and comprehensive cancer information system for Europe.
- The goal is to ease access and availability at European level of updated and reliable information on cancer burden – both for primary and recurrent cases, and on geographical patterns and temporal trends of incidence, mortality, prevalence and survival indicators, in order to drive health interventions and at a later stage enable evaluation of their effectiveness.
- To achieve the purpose a strong collaboration has been established between the JRC and the population-based cancer registries (CR) spread all over Europe, in their invaluable role of row data collectors.
Test your knowledge about the European Commission's efforts to set up an integrated and comprehensive cancer information system for Europe, aiming to provide updated and reliable information on cancer burden and drive health interventions.
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