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27 JANUARY 2020

Cancer screening programme target population and number of invited to screening 2020

Estonian Cancer Screening Registry's data about breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening programme target population and number of invited to screening in 2020 is published in Health Statistics and Health Research Database.

This year, more people in Estonia are expected to be screened for than in previous years, covering a total of more than 177,000 men and women. The breast cancer screening target population is 82,262 women, and the cervical cancer screening target population is 55,735 women. The target population for colorectal cancer screening was expanded to a total of 84,516 men and women.