Florian A. Nicula

TL;DR: It is indicated that, despite substantial efforts, the recommendations of the Council of the EU on organised population-based screening for cervical cancer are not yet fulfilled and decision-makers and health service providers should consider stronger measures or incentives in order to improve cervical cancer control in Europe.

TL;DR: The purpose of this paper is to identify some common challenges and make further proposals in organising and implementing quality-assured cervical cancer screening programmes in these countries.

TL;DR: A matter of concern is the increasing mortality rate, in younger women, in the countries with the highest burden of cervical cancer, and appropriate cervical cancer prevention programmes should be set up without delay in this part of Europe.

TL;DR: The current cervical cancer screening practices, organizational plans for the future, and main obstacles that need to be overcome in 16 countries in central and eastern Europe are described.

TL;DR: CanScreen5 as discussed by the authors is a global cancer screening data repository that aims to report the status and performance of breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening programs using a harmonized set of criteria and indicators.