Art. 2. The objective of the Programme shall be to

1. Stop the increase in cancer incidence;
2. Reach average European indicators in early cancer detection;
3. Reach average European indicators in treatment effectiveness;
4. Create the conditions for using in oncology practice the progress in knowledge about the causes and mechanisms of the development of malignant tumours;
5. Create a system of the constant monitoring of the effectiveness of fighting cancer, on the national scale and in respective regions.

Art. 3. The measures undertaken within the Programme shall concern in particular

1)  The development of the primary prevention of malignant tumours, including, in particular, those dependent on smoking and malnutrition;