Date and time: 16–17 November 2026
Location: Comwell H. C. Andersen Odense, Claus Bergs Gade 7, 5000 Odense
Organiser: Future of Cancer Screening Programmes
Programme: Download preliminary programme
Registration: Online registration
Registration deadline: 15 September 2026
Contact person: Katrine Bilde Jensen, kabije@rm.dk, +45 7842 0181
Participation is limited to 65 participants and with free charge. (A no-show fee of 1.600 DKK is charged for participants who do not show up).

Screening programmes have contributed substantially to decrease in cervical, breast and colorectal cancer incidence and mortality. New frontiers in early cancer detection are upcoming. In 2024 we held a successful meeting addressing potential and challenges in the advancements, and the purpose of a new national meeting in November 2026 is to outline and discuss key elements of the most recent developments in this field, that is moving very fast.

Screening addresses people without symptoms and to save one life, a
considerable number of screening tests must be conducted. As we are facing an even more strained health care system, it is obvious that the relevance of
optimizing screening policies, guidelines and technologies has increased and likewise, it will be necessary to evaluate the future role of cancer screening in this larger context.

At previous meeting in 2024 we had international inspiration to discuss Personalized Screening, Multi-cancer Screening, AI in Cancer Screening, and Cancer Screening in a challenged Healthcare System. The messages from the meeting are summarized in a published paper. It is the intention to follow the same procedure in the upcoming 2026-meeting. The main topics are:

•Screening in strained health systems
•Personalized screening
•Multi-cancer early detection
•Criteria for effect of screening. The outcome discussion
•Use of routine health data for identification of target groups
•Public health and health investments


The meeting is organized as a mixture of keynote presentations, discussions and workshops.

Organisers: Professor Elsebeth Lynge, Professor Lone Kjeld Petersen, Professor Stig Egil Bojesen and Professor Berit Andersen.