Early Screening & Hereditary Cancer Awareness Network

SHIELD is a Cancer Mission project focused on improving earlier detection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) in individuals with familial or genetic predisposition. It addresses late diagnosis of PDAC as the major challenge and cause of mortality. The project’s core goal is to validate a multi-phase screening program that begins with an initial screening step supported by multicultural conversational AI and afterwards biological assessment using a 5-plex multiplex immunoassay.

SHIELD co-organizes 2 sessions within ADHW 2026

• Cancer Clusters & Importance of Cancer Missions, Marianne Ines Da Silva 
• Presentation of project DISARM, Dimitra Dionysiou
• Presentation of project SHIELD, Izidor Mlakar
• Presentation of project PREDI-LYNCH, Mev Dominguez Valentin