NewsCategory: Activity: Primary prevention

March is the month dedicated to the prevention of colorectal cancer: the CPO's commitment to raising awareness regarding physical activity and risk reduction.

The CPO participates to the European Week against Cancer, an initiative to raise awareness of research and active policies aimed at combating the incidence of cancer and promoting a culture of prevention promoted by the Association of European Cancer Leagues.

Online presentation of the consensus document on "Air pollution and health" prepared by the Pediatric Scientific Societies and the "Environment and First 1000 Days" working group.

The new prevention campaign launched by the Piedmont Valle d'Aosta Oncology Network, in collaboration with the Piedmont CPO, is aimed at teenagers by promoting healthy lifestyles dictated by the European Code against cancer.

World Cancer Day is an initiative promoted worldwide by the Union for International Cancer Control to raise public awareness on primary and secondary prevention in the fight against cancer, with particular regard, this year, to the importance of physical activity (...)

Air pollution kills 6.5 million people every year. A new World Health Organization's campaign aims to raise awareness even more about the importance of protecting the quality of air in our cities (...)

92% of the world population lives in areas where air quality levels exceed the threshold values established WHO. The new data are a further, detailed source of information on environmental pollution and the resultant danger to public health (...)