General
4,213,918 invitations
The number of women and men who received an invitation for breast cancer, cervical cancer or colorectal cancer screening programme in 2023.
2,679,993 clients
The number of women and men who participated in breast, cervical or bowel cancer screening programme in 2023.
932 staff
In the Netherlands 932 staff were involved in carrying out the three cancer screening programmes that took place in 2023.
27,119 diagnoses
The number of people diagnosed with cancer following the health screening program in 2023.
Breast cancer
1,198,866 invitations
In 2023, more than 1,198,866 women in the Netherlands received an invitation for the breast cancer screening programme.
842,256 participants
In 2023, 842,256 women participated in the breast cancer screening programme. This is 70.3% of all invited women.
71 screening centres
There are 71 screening centres in the Netherlands; 58 mobile and 13 permanent. The aim of the mobile screening centres is to offer the screening as close to home as possible.
Referrals
Of every 1,000 women who participate in the study, 20 are referred for further examination in the hospital. The population study detected 6,315 cases of breast cancer in 2023.
Cervical cancer
703,994 invitations
The number of women who received an invitation in 2023 for the cervical cancer screening program.
352,778 cliënten
The number of women who participated in the cervical cancer screening program in 2023 with a smear (55,8%) or self-sampling kit (44,2%).
11,6% HPV
Of the number of women who participated in the cervical cancer screening program in 2023, HPV was found in 11,6%.
2,751 diagnoses
The number of diagnoses of (precancerous) cervical cancer in 2023. This is 0,8% of all participants.
Colorectal cancer
2,311,058 invitations
The number of men and women who received an invitation in 2023 for the colorectal cancer screening programma.
1,484,959 clients
The number of men and women who participated in the colorectal cancer screening programma in 2023.
71,075 redirects
The number of clients who were referred to the hospital in 2023 following their participation in the colorectal cancer screening programma. This is 4,8%.
18,053 diagnoses
A total of 2,285 colorectal cancers and 15,768 advanced adenomas were found among the participants invited in 2023.