The Barriers to Effective Screening Tool

What are the main barriers to an effective screening system for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer? This study, which uses a health systems approach and explores the views of expert representatives from screening organisations, researchers and policy-makers, gives a fresh perspective on barriers to organised cancer screening in Europe. The authors developed and applied the Barriers to Effective Screening Tool (BEST) and present results from 31 countries.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168851018303816


The project was launched in September 2015 and will continue to August 2020.

This project has received funding from the European Unionʼs Horizon2020 Programme under grant agreement no 634753