WP 9 Working Group Meeting on Breast Cancer Screening in Zagreb.
Location: House of Europe (European Commission Representation in Croatia), Augusta Cesarca 2, Zagreb, Croatia

Topics: This meeting will involve topics related to the current status of breast cancer screening programmes throughout EU in relation to the implementation phase and running time of the programme. Governing and organisational aspects of screening will be discussed. 
A special focus will be given to the evaluation of breast cancer screening, with topics including perfomance and effectiveness, health-economic perspectives, benefit-harm ratios, and communicating with decision makers, other stakeholders and general population.

Further information: Martina Jelinić, martina.jelinic@hzjz.hr 

Agenda

Day 1, 17 September

08:30 Registration

09:00 Opening
Welcome from the representative of Ministry of Health (10 min.)
Welcome from the director of Croatian Institute of Public Health, Tamara Poljičanin (5 min.)
Presentation of CANCON project, Tit Albreht (5 min.)
Presentation of WP9, Ahti Anttila (15 min.)
Burden of breast cancer in Europe, Isabelle Soerjomataram (20 min.)
Evidence-base for benefits and harms, Marco Zappa (30 min.)
Discussion (20 min.)

11.00 Coffee break

11.20 Governance:
National, regional and institutional responsibilities, Solveig Hofvind (20 min.)
Resource requirements (legal, financial, material), tbc (20 min.)
Discussion (10 min.)

12.15 Lunch

13.15 Organization:
Screening delivery and its integration into routine health care, Nieves Ascunce (20 min.)
Screening registration (data gathering, linkage, IT-systems), Antonio Ponti (20 min.)
Discussion (15 min.)

14.10 Coffee break

14.30 Current status of breast cancer screening implementation, introduction, Silvia Deandrea (20 min.)
Country 1 Bulgaria; Plamen Dimitrov (20 min.)
Country 2 Lithuania; Ruta Briediene (20 min.)
Country 3 Croatia; Andrea Šupe Parun (20 min.)
Country 4 Norway; Solveig Hofvind (20 min.)
Country 5 Italy; Marco Zappa (20 min.)
Discussion (30 min.)

17.00 End of day 1

19.00 Working Dinner (Zagreb)

Day 2, 18 September

9.00 Evaluation of breast cancer screening programmes, introduction, Mario Šekerija (15 min.)
Perfomance and effectiveness, Tytti Sarkeala (20 min.)
Health-economic perspectives, tbc (20 min.)
Benefit-harm ratios, Mireille Broeders (20 min.)
Communicating with decision makers, other stakeholders and general population, Frederic de Bels (20 min.)
Discussion (25 min.)

11.00 Coffee break

11.15 Round table & discussion, Q&A sessions, key messages of the meeting (1h 15 min.)

12.15 Lunch

13.30 Workshop on creating the draft chapter (associated partners, invited experts)* (1h 30 min.)

15.00 End of Day 2

* Working group will draft the chapter concerning issues related to breast cancer screening, based on the presentations given in the meeting and the inputs from the invited experts and audience as well as round table discussions.

More information on the Screening work package from Ahti Anttila, ahti.anttila@cancer.fi