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27. 10. 2015 Cancer in the older population of the Czech Republic

Population ageing has become a challenge to cancer care in developed countries. Particularities of the older population must be taken into account when considering cancer treatment. However, there is a lack of consensus on guidelines for this population due to the underrepresentation of older patients in clinical trials.

15. 1. 2014 Personalised invitations of Czech citizens to cancer screening programmes

In January 2014, a project of personalised invitations for cancer screening programmes was launched in the Czech Republic. In particular, citizens are invited to participate in colorectal cancer screening (men and women), as well as breast cancer screening and cervical cancer screening (women). Personalised invitations are aimed at citizens who have not participated in cancer screening programmes in the long term, and therefore are at a higher risk of developing cancer. The project is expected to increase participation rates in Czech cancer screening programmes.

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national cancer control programme About the NOP On-line project

About the NOP On-line project

The “NOP On-line project” (www.onconet.cz) is an information website which provides detailed information on cancer care in the Czech Republic as well as information on current nationwide projects of cancer prevention and cancer research.

Dear colleagues and visitors!

Welcome to the official website of the National Cancer Control Programme of the Czech Republic, which is run under the “NOP On-line” project.

The principal aim of this information gateway is to provide centralized and guaranteed scientific information about the fulfilment of the National Cancer Control Programme in our country. This website provides a clearly arranged and comprehensive presentation of the Czech cancer centres network, involving basic information about each healthcare facility.

The long-term aim of this information gateway is to become a central source of information, which will be closely associated with and cooperate with other important nationwide sources of cancer information and data (e.g. www.linkos.cz), and will make that information available to the public in the Czech Republic and abroad. A special attention will be paid to population-based epidemiological data (Czech National Cancer Registry), to in-process and upcoming projects of cancer prevention (monitoring of risk factors, screening programmes), and to important multicentre projects and clinical trials.

This information gateway is designed primarily for Comprehensive Cancer Centres (CCCs). We believe that the gateway will be helpful for other healthcare institutions as well, for cancer patients and their families, as well as for the professional and lay public.

This project was authorized by the Board of Czech Society for Oncology (COS) and has been running under its auspices. The project is controlled by an expert council which is composed of heads of all involved centres, members of the Board of COS and leading experts in this field. This information gateway is developed by the Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses of the Masaryk University. The Astra Zeneca company is general partner of the NOP On-line project.

We hope that you will enjoy this information gateway. Please contact us in case of any suggestions leading to future improvements.

On behalf of the research team of NOP On-line project

prof. MUDr. Jiří Vorlíček, CSc.
prof. RNDr. Ladislav Dušek, Dr.

Czech Society for Oncology expert guarantor of the NOP ON-line project	Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses provider of the NOP On-line website	AstraZeneca general partner of the NOP On-line project