IARC scientists at LLUMINAS project kick-off meeting in Luxembourg to strengthen cancer screening

Scientists from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) took part in the kick-off meeting for the Latvia and Luxembourg: Improving Cancer Screening (LLUMINAS) project on 4 February 2026, in Luxembourg. The project is a two-year Technical Support Instrument action funded by the European Union (EU). Implemented by a consortium including IARC and Erasmus MC (the Netherlands), the LLUMINAS project will support Latvia and Luxembourg in strengthening cancer screening and subsequent care, and in aligning programmes more closely with the EU Council Recommendations on cancer screening.

The LLUMINAS project applies a health systems approach – focusing on governance, workforce, service delivery, and information systems – with a strong emphasis on quality assurance and health economics. The work will start with capacity and readiness assessments and a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis, leading to co-developed strategic roadmaps and piloting of tools and protocols for implementation.

In Latvia, the project will support strengthening governance and cost–effectiveness and budget impact modelling to inform policy decisions. In Luxembourg, LLUMINAS will help assess existing organized screening programmes and support preparations for lung cancer screening, thus building foundations for resilient, high-quality early detection.

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