| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| ASMR | Age‑standardised mortality rate |
| ASSIST | Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test |
| ATC | Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical |
| AUDIT-C | WHO Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Concise (AUDIT-C) |
| BfS | Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz (Germany’s Federal Office for Radiation Protection) |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| CCE | Colon capsule endoscopy |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (United States) |
| CNS | Central nervous system |
| CME | Continuous medical education |
| CraNE | Joint Action on network of Comprehensive Cancer Centres |
| CT | Computerised tomography |
| DM | Digital mammography |
| DMT | Digital breast tomosynthesis |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DALYs | Disability-adjusted life years |
| ECAC | European Code Against Cancer |
| ECDC | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control |
| ECIBC | European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer |
| ECIS | The European Cancer Information System |
| EDI | European Deprivation Index |
| EHIS | European Health Interview Survey |
| EMA | European Medicines Agency |
| EPAAC | European Partnership for Action Against Cancer |
| ERN | European Reference Networks |
| ESMO-MCBS | European Society for Medical Oncology – Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale |
| EU | European Union |
| EUCAIM | EUropean Federation for CAncer Images |
| EUPAP | European Physical Activity on Prescription (model) |
| EUR | Euro |
| EUROHELICAN | Accelerating gastric cancer reduction in Europe through Helicobacter pylori eradication |
| FoP | Front-of-pack (labelling) |
| FIT | Faecal immunochemical testing |
| GBP | Great British Pound |
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation |
| gFOBT | Guaiac-based faecal occult blood test |
| GP | General practitioner |
| HBSC | Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study |
| HBV | Hepatitis B virus |
| HCV | Hepatitis C virus |
| HLS19 | Health Literacy Population Survey 2019‑21 |
| HPV | Human papillomavirus |
| HTA | Health Technology Assessment |
| HTAR | Regulation (EU) 2021/2 282 on health technology assessment |
| IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer |
| ICD | International Classification of Diseases |
| IHME | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| IQR | Inter-quartile range |
| JANE | EU Joint Action on Networks of Expertise |
| LGBT+ | Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender |
| MDT | Multidisciplinary team |
| ML | Machine learning |
| M-POHL | WHO Action Network on Measuring Population and Organisational Health Literacy |
| MRI | Magnetic resonance imaging |
| MSM | Men who have sex with men |
| MUP | Minimum Unit Pricing |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development |
| OECI | Organisation of European Cancer Institutes |
| Oncology-SONCOS | Foundation of Co‑operation in Oncology |
| OnkoZert | Voluntary certification programme of the German Cancer Society |
| PM | Particulate matter |
| PRAISE‑U | PRostate cancer Awareness and Initiative for Screening in the European Union |
| PREMS | Patient Reported Experience Measures |
| PROMS | Patient Reported Outcome Measures |
| PRS | Polygenic risk scores |
| PSA | Prostate‑specific antigen |
| RARECAREnet | Information Network on Rare Cancers |
| SIOPE | European Society for Paediatric Oncology |
| SOLACE | Strengthening the screening of Lung Cancer in Europe |
| TOGAS | Towards gastric cancer screening implementation in the European Union |
| SBIs | Screening and brief interventions |
| SSB | Sugar-sweetened beverage |
| TCS | Tobacco Control Scale |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Fund |
| USD | United States dollar |
| WCRFI | World Cancer Research Fund International |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
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