title: Chairperson's introduction: The goal of cancer screening is to detect cancer when it is early and treatable, if not curable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Rob J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: van Klaveren
mesh_terms: D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D012074:Remission Induction / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors