Grant received in 2026
DCCC has funded 45,966 DKK to the project.
Participation in all three Danish cancer screening programs is lower than desired. Regional variation and social inequality are evident. This reduces the full effectiveness of the programs and is therefor a priority area in Cancer Plan V. Across regions and screening programs, many initiatives have been tested to increase participation. Only some of these have been systematically evaluated and published.
To address this, a national seminar will be organised in collaboration with the national screening steering groups. The seminar will bring together relevant stakeholders to exchange experiences from existing initiatives and develop new ideas to increase participation in the screening programmes.
The experiences and ideas generated will be compiled into a shared catalogue to inform future efforts to improve screening participation.
Interdisciplinary organisation
The seminar is coordinated through the existing national steering groups for the Danish cancer screening programmes in collaboration with the University Clinic for Cancer Screening at Randers Regional Hospital Aarhus University.
Project stakeholders
The organisers include the chairs and secretariats of the National Steering Groups for Cervical Cancer Screening (NSLS), Colorectal Cancer Screening (NSTS), and Breast Cancer Screening (NSBS).
- Berit Andersen, Clinical Professor, Chief Medical Officer, University Clinic for Cancer Screening, Department of Public Health Programs, Randers Regional Hospital, Chair of NSLS and NSBS. Primary contact, mail: berand@rm.dk
- Søren Pihlkjær Hjortshøj, Chief Medical Officer, Aalborg University Hospital, Chair of NSTS
- Maj-Britt Winther, Special Advisor, Project Manager, Secretariat for NSTS, North Denmark Region
- Anders Sønderup Nissen, Head of Unit Senior Consultant, Member of NSTS, Secretariat for NSBS, Department of Public Health Programs, Randers Regional Hospital
- Bettina Kjær Kristiansen, Special Advisor, Secretariat for NSLS, Department of Public Health Programs, Randers Regional Hospital
- Amina Tumbul, Special Advisor, Secretariat for NSBS, Department of Public Health Programs, Randers Regional Hospital
- Jesper Hansen Bonde, Molecular Biologist, Senior Researcher, PhD, Department of Patology, Hvidovre Hospital, Capital Region of Denmark