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Catching cancers early can have significant impact on treatment and survival. With effective tests available for the early detection of breast, cervical and colorectal cancer, championing the use of screening in these areas is vital.

The Partnership supports organized delivery of screening through population-based programs, which offer high-quality tests to everyone in a demographic group. Screening programs will be supported through the development of performance indicators, the sharing of effective strategies to improve access and participation, and fostering collaborative work across jurisdictions.

The Partnership's approach has a special focus on colorectal cancer – a cancer that is expected to kill 4,800 men and 4,100 women in Canada this year. It is also a cancer that is easily treated when detected in its early stages. The Partnership supports use of simple home fecal tests as the first step in population-based screening for colorectal cancer.

Strategic Initiatives

• Colorectal Cancer Screening Initiative 
   
• Cervical Cancer Control 

Our Advisory Groups

Cancer control knowledge and expertise are widely dispersed throughout Canada’s health-care system. To draw on this experience and knowledge and make it readily accessible to all stakeholders, the Partnership is advised by collaborative networks of volunteer experts, including patients and survivors and family members. These are our Advisory Groups.

The Screening Advisory Group has a mandate to provide expert deliberation and recommendations for action on cancer screening that are:

1) directed towards cancer site-specific issues – complementing the efforts of other Partnership action groups and divisions as well as national committees already in existence – and
2) addressing broader cancer screening issues.
 
The goal of this Advisory Group is to maximize the positive impacts of cancer screening in Canada, in terms of reduced mortality, reduced morbidity and improved quality of life, while minimizing potential limitations.

Partnership Advisory Groups (formerly called Action Groups) are undergoing a membership renewal process which is to be completed by April 1, 2010. For more information about Advisory Groups please contact info@partnershipagainstcancer.ca.

Last updated: December 23, 2009