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Cancer Testing Industry Will Benefit As EU Accepts Need To Modernize Screening

 
• By Amanda Maxwell

The Council of the EU has adopted recommendations put forward by the European Commission to broaden cancer screening significantly. This is the first time EU cancer screening recommendations have been revised in some 20 years.

Cancer cell

The Council of the EU has adopted a recommendation on a new EU approach on cancer screening that focuses on strengthening prevention through early detection.

The document is aimed at member states health authorities and was adopted at the EPSCO Health Council meeting today, 9 December 2022

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