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The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is part of the World Health Organization.
IARC's mission is to coordinate and conduct research on the causes of human cancer, the mechanisms of carcinogenesis, and to develop scientific strategies for cancer prevention and control. The Agency is involved in both epidemiological and laboratory research and disseminates scientific information through publications, meetings, courses, and fellowships.
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IARC News
| Cancer Letters | 17/11/2009 -
Volume 286, Issue 1, Pages 1-144 (01 December 2009)
Liver cancer, predominantly hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), accounts for almost 600 000 deaths annually, largely in Africa and Asia. Yet the pathways by which HCC develops and the causes of the marked geographical differences in HCC risk remain to be fully investigated. A newly-published special issue of the journal Cancer Letters entitled “Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Worldwide Translational Approach” (editors Drs A. Plymoth, I. Chemin, P. Boffetta and P. Hainaut) provides a comprehensive review of the critical research issues in HCC. This publication follows from an IARC-organised International Liver Cancer meeting in 2007, which reviewed the state of HCC knowledge, identified research priorities and discussed a flexible protocol for an International Liver Cancer Study (ILCS, http://ilcs.iarc.fr).
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| IARC Monographs | 03/11/2009 -
The late October IARC Monographs Volume 100 meeting on A review of human carcinogens - Part F: Chemical agents and related occupations is now available.
Highlights and Summary of evaluations are now accessible in PDF.
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| The Lancet Oncology | 30/10/2009 -
The Lancet Oncology, Volume 10, Issue 11, Pages 1033 - 1034, November 2009
doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(09)70326-2
A review of human carcinogens—Part E: tobacco, areca nut, alcohol, coal smoke, and salted fish
Secretan B., Straif K., Baan R., Grosse Y., El Ghissassi F., Bouvard V., Benbrahim-Tallaa L., Guha N., Freeman C., Galichet L., Cogliano V., on behalf of the WHO IARC Monograph Working Group
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