The European Quality Assurance Scheme for Breast Cancer Services (the European QA scheme) has been established under the auspices of the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC) and defines a common set of quality and safety requirements for breast cancer services (BCSs) in Europe...
Recent decades have experienced an unparalleled development in wireless communication technologies (mobile telephony, Wi-Fi). The imminent introduction of 5G technology across the EU is expected to bring new opportunities for citizens and businesses, through faster internet browsing, streaming a...
The European quality assurance (QA) scheme for breast cancer services is a collection of evidence-based requirements (described in the Manual of the European Quality Assurance Scheme for Breast Cancer Services) that can be followed by any breast cancer service (BCS) wishing to improve the qualit...
The health of Europe’s ocean and waters is vital to its economic, social and ecological well-being. The EU boasts 68 000 km of coastline – more than Russia and the United States combined – and the area of water under EU jurisdiction is greater than its land area. However, marine and freshwater e...
The European Commission launched five new EU Missions – including the Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030”. European Missions are new broad mobilisation initiatives rooted in the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, by going beyond the existing instruments. Missions will b...
This scientific opinion by the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors examines how the European Commission can contribute to improving cancer screening across the EU and informs the 2022 Commission’s proposal to update the 2003 Council Recommendation on cancer screening. Cancer is a leading cause of...
The European Commission organises every year, in cooperation with the Group of Experts referred to in Article 31 of the Euratom Treaty, a Scientific Seminar on emerging issues in Radiation Protection – generally addressing new research findings with potential policy and/or regulatory implication...