ASL CASERTA – XXIV national scientific meeting Airtum, the epidemiology of tumors in a changing world

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The Cancer Registries, which now cover over 80% of the population in Italy, are one of the most important national and international surveillance systems in which multidisciplinary and multi-professional skills coexist. The XXIV International Scientific Meeting therefore represents an important opportunity to share and explore a wealth of data that supports many areas: from environmental, occupational and clinical epidemiology, to the validation of screening and health planning. Over the course of the 3 days, the impact of social barriers and inequalities and the use of new technologies to support epidemiological surveillance will be analysed, from different points of view. We will discuss the latest trends regarding the incidence, prevalence and survival of tumors in Italy, with a focus on tumors in the juvenile and adult population and on the numerous collaborative studies. The Scientific Committee is made up of: F. Stracci, W. Mazzucco, G. Gatta, A. D’Argenzio, S. Vitarelli, S. Carone, E. Bidoli, M Castelli, MT Pesce while the organizational secretariat is entrusted to AIRTUM , A. Minichino and for the Caserta Local Health Authority, N. Di Pascale. The work will begin with the seminar on “Collaborative Studies: New Horizons”; will continue with the 1st Session “Environment, Territories and the Costs of Cancer”; with the II Session “Distribution and Territorial Trend of Tumor: Estimates from Models”; with the III Session “Epidemiology, Primary Prevention and Screening”; the IV Session “Methods and New Technologies to support Cancer Registries; the V Session “Collaborative Studies” and the VI Session “Factors influencing the Epidemiology of Tumors”. The planned Round Table organized at the opening of the XXIV AIRTum National Congress intends to carry out a fine evaluation of the essential elements in terms of training, evaluation of data quality, epidemiological and evaluation research in the oncology field of the Cancer Registries and their operators. The objective is to outline the substantial contribution that AIRTUm, as a reference scientific society in close synergy with other scientific societies operating in the field of epidemiology, can provide to support the political decision maker through evidence useful for planning and programming the services to be provided in response to the health needs expressed by the general population and cancer patients. For decades, in fact, the Cancer Registries of the AIRTum network, as specialized, advanced and sophisticated surveillance systems, with multidisciplinary and multiprofessional skills, have guaranteed the epidemiological surveillance of tumors in more than 80% of the population resident in Italy.