
The best available experience from all the continents was discussed. Although the event was targeted to the US authorities responsible for cancer prevention, this was a unique opportiniity to communicate the experience between the participants. The activities in Europe were braodly discussed; these are GISTAR, EUROHELICAN and TOGAS projects. Professor Marcis Leja was inivited to cover gastric cancer screening activities in Europe by a particular emphasis to TOGAS project.