Overview
The International Cancer Screening Network (ICSN), organized by the Center for Global Health (CGH), is an international community of cancer screening experts that promotes collaborative research and implementation of evidence-based cancer screening.
Impact
ICSN convenes experts to develop the evidence base for effective practices in cancer screening and advises settings on how to improve their own national cancer screening programs. It does this by
How to Connect
ICSN is open to any participants who are interested in cancer screening. In-person meetings usually happen every two years and information about venue, registration costs, and program are disseminated within the network. There are no membership dues.
Visit the ICSN website for more information about the network and preparations for ICSN 2023, June 21-23, in Turin, Italy.
Collaborators
ICSN was founded in 1988 through the leadership of Professor Sam Shapiro at NCI, and CGH has helped coordinate the network since 2015.
Current chair: Mireille Broeders, Ph.D., professor of personalized screening at Radboud University Medical Center, the Netherlands
Chair-elect: Miriam Elfström, Ph.D., Karolinska Institute, Sweden
The steering committee includes members from the American Cancer Society; Cancer Care Ontario, Canada; the Cancer Prevention Center, Italy; Erasmus University Medical Center, the Netherlands; Hospital del Mar, Spain; Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, US; Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Israel; University of Copenhagen, Denmark; University of Edinburgh, UK; University of Lausanne, Switzerland; and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.