CLEAR-PC

The inaugural Cancer Literacy Day took place on 14 October 2026 at the European Parliament Info Hub in Brussels, Belgium, marking the launch of a permanent European movement dedicated to advancing equitable access to cancer information. Blanca Lumbreras, Professor at Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche and coordinator of the CLEAR-PC project (Cancer Literacy Education and … Read more

As part of Health Literacy Awareness Month, which takes place every October, María Falcón, Professor at Universidad de Murcia and a member of the CLEAR-PC project and the European Health Literacy Consortium, was interviewed on the Salud al Día podcast. María Falcón leads Work Package 4 of CLEAR-PC, which focuses on mapping health literacy and … Read more

How can information about prostate cancer help someone make decisions about their care when a diagnosis brings fear and difficult questions? This was one of the issues discussed at a focus group held at the headquarters of the Portuguese Psychologists Association (OPP) on 24 September 2026, as part of the CLEAR-PC project. The session brought … Read more

The CLEAR-PC project held its third focus group in Madrid, Spain, on 21 July 2026, bringing together eight family doctors to explore their experiences supporting men with suspected or diagnosed prostate cancer and their families. The session, organised by Deborah Bekele (Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche), Laura del Álamo Ferrández and María Falcón (Universidad de … Read more

How does emotional wellbeing influence the way men with prostate cancer understand health information and make decisions about their care? This and other relevant questions related to health literacy across the prostate cancer care pathway were explored during a focus group organised by Work Package 4 of the CLEAR-PC project on 30 June 2026. The … Read more

Blanca Lumbreras (Universidad Miguel Hernández) and Erik Briers (Europa Uomo) presented a special session entitled “The Underprivileged Patient, Shared Decision-Making, and the CLEAR-PC Project” during the European Association of Urology (EAU) Congress held in London on 14 March. The session highlighted how underprivileged groups, including older adults, immigrants, refugees, marginalised communities, and people with limited … Read more

On 14 March 2026, the CLEAR-PC project conducted its first focus group with urologists at the European Association of Urology Congress 2026 (EAU26), bringing together nine healthcare professionals from different countries to share their experiences of implementing shared decision-making in prostate cancer screening and treatment. Led by Deborah Bekele (Universidad Miguel Hernández), a researcher within … Read more

The CLEAR-PC consortium is pleased to announce that its late-breaking abstract on the development and implementation of a stakeholder matrix for prostate cancer and health literacy has been accepted for presentation at the 41st Annual EAU Congress, organized by the European Association of Urology. This abstract presents the results of a study that applied a … Read more

On 13 November 2025, Blanca Lumbreras, coordinator of CLEAR-PC, participated in the 45th Congress of the Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine (semFYC), held in Madrid. The semFYC, one of the project’s partners, is a professional organisation dedicated to advancing family and community medicine in Spain through research, education, and the promotion of best … Read more