COM(2003)230 - Cancer screening

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  1. Key information
  2. Key dates
  3. Related information
  4. Resulting legislation
  5. Full version
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Key information

official title

Proposal for a Council Recommendation on cancer screening
 
Legal instrument Recommendation
Decision making procedure Consultation procedure (CNS)
reference by COM-number73 COM(2003)230 EN
Additional COM-numbers COM(2003)230
procedure number75 2003/0093(CNS)
CELEX number76 52003PC0230

2.

Key dates

Document 05-05-2003
Online publication 05-05-2003
Decision 02-12-2003; Aanbeveling 2003/878
Publication in Official Journal77 16-12-2003; OJ L 327 p. 34-38

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Related information

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Resulting legislation

 

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    Boyle P., d'Onofrio A., Maisonneuve P., Severi G., Robertson C. and Veronesi U.: Measuring progress against cancer in Europe - Has the 15% decline targeted for 2000 come about? Annals of Oncology 2003 in press.

     
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  • 6. 
    Decision No 521/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001, extending certain programmes of Community action in the field of public health adopted by Decisions No 645/96/EC, No 646/96/EC, No 647/96/EC, No 102/97/EC, No 1400/97/EC and No 1296/1999/EC and amending those Decisions. OJ L 79 of 17.3.2001, p.1.

     
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    Commission Decision 96/469/EC of 30 July 1996, establishing an Advisory Committee for Cancer Prevention. OJ L 192, 2.8.96, p.31.

     
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    Recommendations on cancer screening in the European Union, prepared by the Advisory Committee on Cancer Prevention after the Conference on Screening and Early Detection of Cancer, Vienna 18th - 19th November 1999. Unpublished. Available on request from the General Directorate Health and Consumer Protection, Directorate Public Health, Unit Cancer, Drugs, and Pollution-related Diseases.

     
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    Position paper, Recommendations on cancer screening in the European Union, Advisory Committee on Cancer Prevention, Lynge E. corresponding author: Eur J Cancer 2000, 36, p.1473-1478.

     
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    Goetzsche PC and Olsen O. Is screening for breast cancer with mammography justifiable? Lancet 2000; 355: 129-134.

     
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    Olsen O, Goetzsche PC. Cochrane review on screening for breast cancer with mammography. Lancet 2001; 358: 1340-1342.

     
  • 12. 
    Nystroem L, Anderson I, Bjurstam N, Frisell J, Nordenskjoeld B and Rutqvist LE. Long-term effects of mammography screening: updates overview of the Swedish randomised trials. Lancet 2002; 359: 909-919.

     
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    IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention, Volume 7: Breast Cancer Screening. International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organisation, IARC Press 2002, ISBN 92 832 3007 8.

     
  • 14. 
    Global Summit on Mammographic Screening: Statement from the Chair. Published on the Internet at www.ieo.it/inglese/didattica/ state_1.htm

     
  • 15. 
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    Wilson JMG, Jungner G. Principles and practice of screening for disease. Public Health Papers 34. Geneva: World Health Organisation, 1968.

     
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    Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers. On screening as a tool of preventive medicine. Recommendation no. R (94) 11. Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 1994.

     
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    Evaluation and monitoring of screening programmes, edited by: Sankila R, Démaret E, Hakama M, Lynge E, Schouten LJ, Parkin DM for the European Network of Cancer Registries (ENCR), European Commission, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2001, ISBN 92-894-0253-9.

     
  • 20. 
    Cervical Cancer Screening in the European Union, special issue of European Journal of Cancer; Guest Editors: A. Linos, E. Riza, M. van Ballegooijen, EJC 2000 36/17 pp. 2175-2275.

     
  • 21. 
    European guidelines for quality assurance in mammography screening, 3rd Edition. Eds: N. Perry, M. Broeders, C. de Wolf, S. Toernberg. European Commission, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg 2001, ISBN 92-894-1145-7.

     
  • 22. 
    Scholefield J H and Moss S.M., Faecal occult blood screening for colorectal cancer, J Med Screen 2002 9:54-55.

     
  • 23. 
    Koning HJ de, Auvinen A, Berenguer Sanchez A, Calais da Silva F, Ciatto S, Denis L, Gohagan J.K., Hakama M, Hugosson J, Kranse R, Nelen V, Prorok PC, Schröder FH; Large-scale randomised prostate cancer screening trials: programme performances in the European Randomised Screening for Prostate Cancer trial and Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovary cancer trial. (submitted) Int. J Cancer 2002 .

     
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    Decision the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on 17 May 1990, adopting a 1990 to 1994 action plan in the context of the 'Europe against Cancer' programme. OJ L 137, 30.5.1990. p.31.

     
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    Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers. On screening as a tool of preventive medicine. Recommendation no. R (94) 11. Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 1994.

     
  • 29. 
    Recommendations on cancer screening in the European Union, prepared by the Advisory Committee on Cancer Prevention after the Conference on Screening and Early Detection of Cancer, Vienna 18th - 19th November 1999. Unpublished. Available on request from the General Directorate Health and Consumer Protection, Directorate Public Health, Unit Cancer, Drugs, and Pollution-related Diseases.

     
  • 30. 
    Position paper, Recommendations on cancer screening in the European Union, Advisory Committee on Cancer Prevention, Lynge E. corresponding author: Eur J Cancer 2000, 36, p.1473-1478.

     
  • 31. 
    Resolution of the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, of 7 July 1986, on a programme of action of the European Communities against Cancer. OJ C 184, 23.7.1986. p.19.

     
  • 32. 
    Decision of the Council and of representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting with the Council of 21 June 1988 adopting a 1988 to 1989 plan of action for an information and public awareness campaign in the context of the Europe against cancer programme (88/351/EEC). OJ L 160, 28.6.1988 p. 52.

     
  • 33. 
    Decision the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on 17 May 1990, adopting a 1990 to 1994 action plan in the context of the 'Europe against Cancer' programme. OJ L 137, 30.5.1990. p.31.

     
  • 34. 
    Decision No 646/96/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 29 March 1996, adopting an action plan to combat cancer within the framework for action in the field of public health (1996 to 2000). OJ L 95, 16.4.1996. p.9.

     
  • 35. 
    Decision No 521/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001, extending certain programmes of Community action in the field of public health adopted by Decisions No 645/96/EC, No 646/96/EC, No 647/96/EC, No 102/97/EC, No 1400/97/EC and No 1296/1999/EC and amending those Decisions. OJ L 79 of 17.3.2001, p.1.

     
  • 36. 
    The indicated age ranges are to be understood as maximum ranges
     
  • 37. 
    The indicated age ranges are to be understood as maximum ranges
     
  • 38. 
    Boyle P., d'Onofrio A., Maisonneuve P., Severi G., Robertson C. and Veronesi U.: Measuring progress against cancer in Europe - Has the 15% decline targeted for 2000 come about? Annals of Oncology 2003 in press.

     
  • 39. 
    Resolution of the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, of 7 July 1986, on a programme of action of the European Communities against Cancer. OJ C 184, 23.7.1986. p.19.

     
  • 40. 
    Decision of the Council and of representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting with the Council of 21 June 1988 adopting a 1988 to 1989 plan of action for an information and public awareness campaign in the context of the Europe against cancer programme (88/351/EEC). OJ L 160, 28.6.1988 p. 52.

     
  • 41. 
    Decision the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on 17 May 1990, adopting a 1990 to 1994 action plan in the context of the 'Europe against Cancer' programme. OJ L 137, 30.5.1990. p.31.

     
  • 42. 
    Decision No 646/96/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 29 March 1996, adopting an action plan to combat cancer within the framework for action in the field of public health (1996 to 2000). OJ L 95, 16.4.1996. p.9.

     
  • 43. 
    Decision No 521/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001, extending certain programmes of Community action in the field of public health adopted by Decisions No 645/96/EC, No 646/96/EC, No 647/96/EC, No 102/97/EC, No 1400/97/EC and No 1296/1999/EC and amending those Decisions. OJ L 79 of 17.3.2001, p.1.

     
  • 44. 
    Commission Decision 96/469/EC of 30 July 1996, establishing an Advisory Committee for Cancer Prevention. OJ L 192, 2.8.96, p.31.

     
  • 45. 
    Recommendations on cancer screening in the European Union, prepared by the Advisory Committee on Cancer Prevention after the Conference on Screening and Early Detection of Cancer, Vienna 18th - 19th November 1999. Unpublished. Available on request from the General Directorate Health and Consumer Protection, Directorate Public Health, Unit Cancer, Drugs, and Pollution-related Diseases.

     
  • 46. 
    Position paper, Recommendations on cancer screening in the European Union, Advisory Committee on Cancer Prevention, Lynge E. corresponding author: Eur J Cancer 2000, 36, p.1473-1478.

     
  • 47. 
    Goetzsche PC and Olsen O. Is screening for breast cancer with mammography justifiable? Lancet 2000; 355: 129-134.

     
  • 48. 
    Olsen O, Goetzsche PC. Cochrane review on screening for breast cancer with mammography. Lancet 2001; 358: 1340-1342.

     
  • 49. 
    Nystroem L, Anderson I, Bjurstam N, Frisell J, Nordenskjoeld B and Rutqvist LE. Long-term effects of mammography screening: updates overview of the Swedish randomised trials. Lancet 2002; 359: 909-919.

     
  • 50. 
    IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention, Volume 7: Breast Cancer Screening. International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organisation, IARC Press 2002, ISBN 92 832 3007 8.

     
  • 51. 
    Global Summit on Mammographic Screening: Statement from the Chair. Published on the Internet at www.ieo.it/inglese/didattica/ state_1.htm

     
  • 52. 
    Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee on the Regions on the health strategy of the European Community (COM(2000) 285 final) of 16 May 2000.

     
  • 53. 
    Wilson JMG, Jungner G. Principles and practice of screening for disease. Public Health Papers 34. Geneva: World Health Organisation, 1968.

     
  • 54. 
    Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers. On screening as a tool of preventive medicine. Recommendation no. R (94) 11. Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 1994.

     
  • 55. 
    www.iarc.fr. International Agency for Research on Cancer. Cancer Incidence Data Bases. EUCAN 1997. (retrieved 16 January 2003).

     
  • 56. 
    Evaluation and monitoring of screening programmes, edited by: Sankila R, Démaret E, Hakama M, Lynge E, Schouten LJ, Parkin DM for the European Network of Cancer Registries (ENCR), European Commission, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2001, ISBN 92-894-0253-9.

     
  • 57. 
    Cervical Cancer Screening in the European Union, special issue of European Journal of Cancer; Guest Editors: A. Linos, E. Riza, M. van Ballegooijen, EJC 2000 36/17 pp. 2175-2275.

     
  • 58. 
    European guidelines for quality assurance in mammography screening, 3rd Edition. Eds: N. Perry, M. Broeders, C. de Wolf, S. Toernberg. European Commission, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg 2001, ISBN 92-894-1145-7.

     
  • 59. 
    Scholefield J H and Moss S.M., Faecal occult blood screening for colorectal cancer, J Med Screen 2002 9:54-55.

     
  • 60. 
    Koning HJ de, Auvinen A, Berenguer Sanchez A, Calais da Silva F, Ciatto S, Denis L, Gohagan J.K., Hakama M, Hugosson J, Kranse R, Nelen V, Prorok PC, Schröder FH; Large-scale randomised prostate cancer screening trials: programme performances in the European Randomised Screening for Prostate Cancer trial and Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovary cancer trial. (submitted) Int. J Cancer 2002 .

     
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    Decision the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on 17 May 1990, adopting a 1990 to 1994 action plan in the context of the 'Europe against Cancer' programme. OJ L 137, 30.5.1990. p.31.

     
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  • 66. 
    Recommendations on cancer screening in the European Union, prepared by the Advisory Committee on Cancer Prevention after the Conference on Screening and Early Detection of Cancer, Vienna 18th - 19th November 1999. Unpublished. Available on request from the General Directorate Health and Consumer Protection, Directorate Public Health, Unit Cancer, Drugs, and Pollution-related Diseases.

     
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    Position paper, Recommendations on cancer screening in the European Union, Advisory Committee on Cancer Prevention, Lynge E. corresponding author: Eur J Cancer 2000, 36, p.1473-1478.

     
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    Resolution of the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, of 7 July 1986, on a programme of action of the European Communities against Cancer. OJ C 184, 23.7.1986. p.19.

     
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    Decision of the Council and of representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting with the Council of 21 June 1988 adopting a 1988 to 1989 plan of action for an information and public awareness campaign in the context of the Europe against cancer programme (88/351/EEC). OJ L 160, 28.6.1988 p. 52.

     
  • 70. 
    Decision the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on 17 May 1990, adopting a 1990 to 1994 action plan in the context of the 'Europe against Cancer' programme. OJ L 137, 30.5.1990. p.31.

     
  • 71. 
    Decision No 646/96/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 29 March 1996, adopting an action plan to combat cancer within the framework for action in the field of public health (1996 to 2000). OJ L 95, 16.4.1996. p.9.

     
  • 72. 
    Decision No 521/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001, extending certain programmes of Community action in the field of public health adopted by Decisions No 645/96/EC, No 646/96/EC, No 647/96/EC, No 102/97/EC, No 1400/97/EC and No 1296/1999/EC and amending those Decisions. OJ L 79 of 17.3.2001, p.1.

     
  • 73. 
    De Europese Commissie kent nummers toe aan officiële documenten van de Europese Unie. De Commissie maakt onderscheid in een aantal typen documenten door middel van het toekennen van verschillende nummerseries. Het onderscheid is gebaseerd op het soort document en/of de instelling van de Unie van wie het document afkomstig is.
     
  • 74. 
    De Raad van de Europese Unie kent aan wetgevingsdossiers een uniek toe. Dit nummer bestaat uit een vijfcijferig volgnummer gevolgd door een schuine streep met de laatste twee cijfers van het jaartal, bijvoorbeeld 12345/00 - een document met nummer 12345 uit het jaar 2000.
     
  • 75. 
    Het interinstitutionele nummer is een nummerreeks die binnen de Europese Unie toegekend wordt aan voorstellen voor regelgeving van de Europese Commissie.
    Binnen de Europese Unie worden nog een aantal andere nummerseries gebruikt. Iedere instelling heeft één of meerdere sets documenten met ieder een eigen nummering. Die reeksen komen niet overeen met elkaar of het interinstitutioneel nummer.
     
  • 76. 
    Deze databank van de Europese Unie biedt de mogelijkheid de actuele werkzaamheden (workflow) van de Europese instellingen (Europees Parlement, Raad, ESC, Comité van de Regio's, Europese Centrale Bank, Hof van Justitie enz.) te volgen. EURlex volgt alle voorstellen (zoals wetgevende en begrotingsdossiers) en mededelingen van de Commissie, vanaf het moment dat ze aan de Raad of het Europees Parlement worden voorgelegd.
     
  • 77. 
    Als dag van bekendmaking van een Europees besluit geldt de dag waarop het besluit in het Publicatieblad wordt bekendgemaakt, en daardoor in alle officiële talen van de Europese Unie bij het Publicatiebureau beschikbaar is.
     
  • 78. 
    Recommendations are non-binding acts by which the European Union means to achieve certain ends without imposing a mandatory legal framework. Recommendations may relate to both policies of the EU as well as individual member states.