Population Screening Act: Continuing a population screening trial

Within the context of the Population Screening Act (WBO), the Committee onPopulation Screening of the Health Council advises the Minister of Health on alicense for a joined population screening trial for bowel cancer by the ErasmusMC in Rotterdam and the AMC in Amsterdam. In this study, 22,000 men andwomen between 50 and 75 years of age are biennially screened for colon cancer. In the subsequent (fourth) round of screening, the researchers aim to answerthree new research questions. This research requires a license, because it involves cancer screening.