• Luis Angel Pérula de Torres, Jose Ignacio Moscosio Cuevas, Cruz Bartolomé Moreno, Pilar Martín-Carrillo, María Martín-Rabadán, Celia Jiménez García, and Grupo Colaborativo Estudio CECC.
• Unidad Docente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria de Córdoba, Distrito Sanitario Córdoba y Guadalquivir, Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía/Universidad de Córdoba, Grupo de Evaluación y mejora del PAPPS (semFYC), Córdoba, España. Electronic address: luisangel.perula@gmail.com.
• Aten Primaria. 2020 Feb 1; 52 (2): 677667-76.

ObjectiveTo decide if Primary Care (PC) professionals know the European Code against Cancer (CECC) and if this relates to practice the recommendations with themselves and with their patients.Designdescriptive, observational study.SettingSpanish Health Centers.ParticipantsHealth professionals.Interventionsself-administered questionnaire.Main Measurementscancer protective and risk factors, screening for colorectal, breast, cervix and prostate cancer, level of knowledge of the ECAC.Results1734 participants (10.5%), mean age 47.4 years (SD: 8.6), 71.5% female. 50.0% do not know the CECC; tutors (OR=1.61), assigned to the PAPPS (OR=1.51) and who have been working in AP for more time (OR=2.62) are the ones who know it most. 7.2% smoke and 79.1% drink alcohol. 64.1% presented normal weight and 19% performed physical activity. They avoid exposing themselves to the sun 52.7% and use protectors 53.8%. 85.2% have never had a colorectal screening, 11% never had a cytology, and 12% had a mammogram. There is a relationship between knowing the CECC and smoking (P<.001), overweight/obesity (P=.024), physical activity (P=.003), meat intake (P<.001), mammography (P<.001), cytology (P=.022), PSA (P=.045), as well as the promotion of their advice among patients.ConclusionsThe CECC is unknown by half of the AP professionals. The practice of its recommendations is uneven, with the prevalence of low smoking, and sun protection a little extended behavior. Those who know him are the ones who most practice his recommendations.Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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