Cancer Prevention at Work Project

28/07/2025

🌟 🗓️ Today marks an important date: .

This day commemorates the birth of Dr Baruch Samuel Blumberg, who identified the hepatitis B virus and developed the first against it—a breakthrough that earned him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1976.

🩸 HCV is a bloodborne virus most commonly transmitted through:

➖Reuse or inadequate sterilisation of medical equipment, particularly needles and syringes, in healthcare settings.

➖Transfusions of unscreened blood and blood products.

➖ Injecting drug use involving shared equipment.

The good news? Early not only reduces the risk of severe complications but also helps prevent further transmission.

At the Cancer Prevention at Work Project (CPW), we join the global effort to raise awareness of this silent yet widespread disease. Our contribution focuses on the early detection of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) through serology tests, followed by eradication efforts to prevent the virus from progressing to cancer.

📣 Let’s raise awareness, promote prevention, and reduce the global burden of . A shout-out to The World Hepatitis Alliance, which plays a vital role in advancing communication, education, and community empowerment efforts worldwide.

🌐 Learn more about at cancerpreventionatwork.eu/hcv and visit https://www.worldhepatitisalliance.org/what-is-viral-hepatitis/ for more information aboutThe World Hepatitis Alliance at https://www.worldhepatitisalliance.org/

24/07/2025

is just around the corner—and at the Cancer Prevention at Work Project, we won’t let it go unnoticed.

Every year, over a million lives are lost to , despite the availability of accurate, effective, and affordable treatments—and, in many cases, vaccines that can prevent infection altogether.

🛑 Yet low awareness, misinformation, and persistent myths continue to fuel the spread of this disease. Hepatitis remains the world’s deadliest after COVID-19.

That’s why we must strengthen efforts around prevention and early detection. At the Cancer Prevention at Work Project—as well as in countless institutions, research programmes, clinical teams, and communities—that’s exactly what we’re committed to.

Next week, we’ll be highlighting a range of initiatives making strides in the fight against hepatitis. Stay tuned, help us raise awareness, and join the global call to act on hepatitis—because prevention starts with knowledge.

01/07/2025

🧰 When we assess workers’ health and well-being, what do we focus on?

Chances are, we think about the risks directly linked to their jobs or the accidents that might occur while working.
But in reality, occupational health goes far beyond these surface-level concerns.

📄 In the review “Total Worker Health-Based Helicobacter pylori Public Health Prevention Strategy”, part of the Cancer Prevention at Work Project, researchers Guillermo Fernández-Tardón, Rick Kye Gan, Marta María Rodríguez Suárez, Adonina Tardón, and Pedro Arcos González explore how public health strategies can be applied to Helicobacter pylori infection prevention within the Total Worker Health (TWH) framework.

Total Worker Health is an integrated approach that combines policies, programmes, and practices to protect workers from occupational health risks and to promote their overall well-being. This dual focus is key to improving quality of life. With its holistic outlook, TWH also champions hazard control, fair compensation, and work-life balance—fostering healthier, more supportive working environments.

📖 Read the full article at their DOI:10.1097/PXH.0000000000000035. or visiting our Publications online section at https://lnkd.in/eq6UDMHu

27/06/2025

prevention must be approached from multiple perspectives, paving the way for collaborative .

🤝 At the Cancer Prevention at Work Project, we rely on an interdisciplinary consortium that brings together scientific excellence to tackle the medical, societal, behavioural, economic, and policy dimensions that shape our research.

🌐 Share, learn and support by visiting: https://cancerpreventionatwork.eu/

28/05/2025

We are now into the second day of our 3rd General Assembly, which has provided us with the opportunity to reflect on the in-depth work carried out across the various work packages.

🤝 The interdisciplinary approach and strong spirit of collaboration within our consortium continue to deliver meaningful value.

It is precisely through this joint effort that we are also able to extend our work beyond the Assembly, contributing to wider platforms for dissemination and cooperation, such as the 22nd National Congress of the Romanian Society of Occupational Medicine, with international participation.

As part of this collaboration, we will deliver several sessions and presentations, including a dedicated workshop.

🌐 Stay tuned! We'll be sharing more details over the coming days.

For more information about the 2nd National Congress of the Romanian Society of , visit: https://lnkd.in/ePyzdfHi

⛑️ Learn, share and support the Cancer Prevention at Work Project here: https://lnkd.in/eHEJgH62

27/05/2025

And so it begins — the 3rd General Assembly of the Cancer Prevention at Work Project, this time in Bucharest, Romania 🇷🇴 📍

This Assembly marks a valuable opportunity for reconnection, collaboration, and reflection on our progress so far. Over the next two days, our hosts—the Romanian Society of Occupational Medicine and the National Institute of Public Health—will welcome the entire Cancer Prevention at Work Project consortium for a series of presentations, strategic discussions, and planning sessions focused on shaping our next steps.

Share, learn and support the Cancer Prevention at Work Project by visiting:

https://cancerpreventionatwork.eu/

09/05/2025

Happy ! 🇪🇺

Today, at the Cancer Prevention at Work Project, we mark 75 years of international cooperation — the roots of what is now the .

Over the years, the has worked to foster peace and stability, while also supporting initiatives that look to the future, particularly in areas like health and well-being, as our project does.

📋 Health is a universal right — something the EU recognises and continues to promote. We’re proud to be part of efforts that aim to make more accessible and equitable across .

This project reminds us that meaningful progress requires meaningful collaboration between researchers, institutions, and countries.

🌟 Let’s keep working together towards better health, prevention and early detection for all.

06/05/2025

The Cancer Prevention at Work Project was developed with the ultimate goal of reducing cancer risk among workers and within the wider community.

✳️ But why focus on cancer prevention in the workplace?

Historically, health was viewed as a collective responsibility, managed by the community and overseen by medical professionals. But more recently, contemporary discourses frame health as a personal responsibility. Yet, to create programs that are successful in preventing disease, we must understand and consider how policies, medical practices, and personal behaviours interact.

This is why at the heart of lies a strong theoretical foundation englobing the sociocultural and behavioural aspects of the project, notably the work of our researcher Anna Schneider-Kamp. Her article “Health capital: toward a conceptual framework for understanding the construction of individual health” was recently recognised as one of the most influential publications of the journal Social Theory & Health.

The article offers a reconceptualisation of current trends and health discourses, focusing on the concept of health capital.

💬 As Anna Schneider-Kamp puts it, “If we want to address health inequalities meaningfully, we need to zoom in on their sociocultural and economic foundations – not just clinical outcomes."

🌟 We want to congratulate Anna Schneider-Kamp, and we are very happy to see recognition in the solid theoretical work on which is based. This strengthens our resolve to bring prevention programmes to the occupational health settings, where we can meaningfully reach individuals and communities.

📑 You can read the full article in the special collection for the 25th anniversary celebration from the academic publisher Palgrave Macmillan https://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-020-00145-x

29/04/2025

🔎 H. pylori infection is accountable for significant morbidity and mortality, and it is the only bacterium classified as a Class I (definite) carcinogen by the World Health Organization. It is necessary to prevent, detect and treat this underlying infection to reduce its negative impact. Part of these actions can be achieved through occupational medicine.



📄 The review “Total worker health® based Helicobacter pylori public health prevention strategy”, published by Cancer Prevention at Work Project researchers Guillermo Fernandez Tardon, Rick Kyeb Gab, Marta Maria Rodriguez Suarez, Adonina Tardón and Pedro Arcos Gonzálezález, aims to describe the current role and development of public health strategies in preventing H. pylori Infection within the Total Worker Health (TWH) approach.



TWH is an integrative that intertwines policies, programs, and practices, aiming not only to protect workers from job-related health risks but also to proactively promote overall well-being. Current research needs to have an adequate focus on workplace-based H. pylori prevention and given the proven efficacy of workplace screenings for diseases like , there is a pressing need to explore similar preventive strategies for H. pylori to combat the transmission of this bacterium.



✳️ Key Points of the review:

- The Total Worker Health approach to H. Pylori prevention is both effective and feasible; its impact is amplified when coupled with household-based eradication efforts.

- Acknowledging H. Pylori infection as a biological hazard at work and as an occupational disease will enhance health outcomes during occupational surveillance visits based on TWH recommendations.

- It is imperative to systematically screen certain high-risk occupations for H. Pylori, aligning with health surveillance protocols within the TWH framework.


Read the full article at https://journals.lww.com/co-epidemiology/fulltext/2024/06000/total_worker_health__based_helicobacter_pylori.1.aspx

08/04/2025

The Prevention and Early Detection Cluster - Implementation Research is a collaborative effort of six members tackling hashtag from different fronts.

One of these is the relationship between cancer and .

Mental health concerns, such as anxiety, PTSD, and neurodevelopmental disorders, often eclipse the physical health challenges faced by this demographic. hashtag is the second leading cause of death after su***de for patients dealing with mental health. For these and many reasons CO-CAPTAIN_EU aims to adapt the features of primary cancer prevention to the specific needs of people with mental health problems.

💻 Take a look at the Prevention and Early Detection Cluster - Implementation Research projects to see how we are making cancer prevention more inclusive.

For more information visit https://cocaptain.eu/

07/04/2025

🩺🌍 Every year, calls us to reflect on the urgent challenges we face and to raise awareness about the inequalities in access, opportunities, and experiences within health systems.

It’s also a crucial reminder of the role occupational health plays in closing these gaps. By focusing on workers, their families, and communities, occupational health can extend care far beyond the workplace.

But we can—and must—go further. and are just as vital as treatment.

🌟 At Cancer Prevention at Work Project, we recognise and celebrate all those working every day to make health accessible for all—leaving no one behind.

01/04/2025

Occupational health allows us to reach a large proportion of the working population, especially those between 18 and 65 years of age. Its broad reach allows us to effectively prevent diseases that affect the population, such as cancer.

Dr Paolo Boffetta, Project Coordinator of Cancer Prevention at Work, representing the University of Bologna, explains the need for infectious disease and cancer screening in occupational health surveillance.

🎦 Watch the video here

Dr Paolo Boffetta, Project Coordinator of Cancer Prevention (CPW), representing the University of Bologna, explains the need for infectious disease and cance...