Rome – March 2002. The First Meeting on the Prevention and Treatment of Colon Cancer was launched under the high patronage of The President of the Italian Republic, Carlo
Azeglio Ciampi, the Sacred Military Constantinian Order and the United European Gastroenterology Federation. The campaign aims to support and encourage researchers, increase public awareness of the illness and promote ultimate prevention.
His Eminence Mario Francesco, Cardinal Pompedda, Grand Prior of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order, chaired the Organising Committee. His Holiness Pope John Paul II(left) received the principal participants of the conference in a private audience held at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican City.