Abstract
All three cancer screening programmes recommended by the Council of the EU are available to defined target age groups in the Czech Republic. Organized programmes for screening of breast,colorectal and cervical cancer have been initiated in the last ecade.
A system for information support, as an essential component of organized reening programmes, has been implemented in all screening programmes. It comprises the Czech National Cancer Registry to monitor the cancer burden and population impact of he programmes, the National Reference Centre as a provider of nationwide insurance claims data,and the specialised databases of all three programmes, which collect information on screening, diagnostics and final diagnoses.