Roxo, LuisCarvalho da Silva Santos, Ana JoãoGirvalaki, CharisGeantă, Marius4P-CAN WP2 study teamSousa Uva, Mafalda2026-03-052026-03-052025-02http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/11163Over the last decades, cancer incidence has been increasing in Europe, being cancer one the leading causes of death. Meaningful differences persist in cancer incidence and mortality between Western and Eastern European countries, highlighting regional differences regarding risk factors (e.g., smoking habits). Cancer Primary Prevention (CPP) aims to tackle these modifiable factors and to decrease individual risk of cancer. Yet, implementing CPP goes beyond the actions of the governments, and involves a complexity of actions from different stakeholders in society. In this study, we use mixed methods to characterize CPP stakeholders of public sector, academia/research, private sector, media and civil society. We also aim to get a deeper understanding on the regional differences in cancer incidence and mortality. Descriptive statistics were performed to analyze survey results - relative frequencies (%) were computed for each variable, and are presented for the total sample and stratified by country group (Western and Eastern). Data from interviews were analyzed by thematic analysiseng4P-CANPrimary PreventionCancerEuropeDeterminantes da Saúde e da Doençareport