News of the CLEAR-PC project
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 upcoming webinar “Empowering People, Transforming Cancer Care: Advancing Health Literacy Across Europe” will bring together five EU4Health projects working to strengthen cancer health literacy: BCLEAR, CURTAIN, CHOICE, iNTERVENE, and our project, CLEAR-PC. Taking place on 21 September 2026 at 15:00 CET, the live webinar will showcase the work of the five projects and provide … 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
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, 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 practices … Read more
On 14-15 October 2025, Miguel Hernández University (UMH) in Spain hosted the kick-off meeting of CLEAR-PC (Cancer Literacy Education and Awareness Resources for Prostate Care), a European project funded by the EU4Health Programme of the European Commission. CLEAR-PC brings together a strong international consortium of experts from Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Cyprus. … Read more