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IARC Working Group Reports

2012;
ISBN 978-92-832-2450-1
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Current status and future directions of breast and cervical cancer prevention and early detection in Belarus

IARC Working Group Reports; 6

2008; 465 pages
ISBN 978 92 832 2446 4
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Vitamin D and Cancer

IARC Working Group Reports; 5

IARC has established a Working Group (WG) of international experts to investigate whether or not a causal relationship exists between vitamin D status and cancer risk. The WG has systematically reviewed the epidemiological literature on vitamin D and cancer and has performed a meta?analysis on observational studies of serum 25?hydroxyvitamin D levels (the best available biomarker of an individual’s vitamin D status) and the risk of colorectal, breast and prostate cancers and of colorectal adenomas.

2008; 16 pages
ISBN 978-92-832-2445-7
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IARC Code of Good Scientific Practice

IARC Working Group Reports; 4

An IARC Working Group was established to develop a Code of Good Practice for IARC Research Studies. Issues to be addressed include study design, ethics approval, informed consent, study conduct, avoidance of errors (accidental or deliberate), data audit, peer review and publication.

An initial draft Code of Good Scientific Practice was developed and then this was used in the field for one year. After this year, comments received about the Code of Good Scientific Practice were considered by the Working Group and the resultant final version is available here.

2007; 177 pages
ISBN 978 92 832 2443 4
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Attributable Causes of Cancer in France in the year 2000

IARC Working Group Reports; 3

This report is an evaluation of the numbers of cancer cases and of deaths in France that can be attributed to non-genetic risk factors.

Data on exposure to risk factors are specific to France. The report also summarizes similar work carried out, and discusses the gaps in the knowledge about the causes of cancer.

2007; 48 pages
ISBN 978 92 832 2443 4
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Common Minimum Technical Standards and Protocols for Biological Resource Centres dedicated to Cancer Research

Edited by E Caboux, A Plymoth and P. Hainaut.
IARC Working Group Reports; 2

IARC recommendations and protocols for biobanking, version 1 (2007)

2006; 64 pages
ISBN 978 92 832 2441 8
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Exposure to Artificial UV Radiation and Skin Cancer

IARC Working Group Reports; 1

This report represents the views and expert opinions of the IARC Working Group on Risk of Skin Cancer and Exposure to Artificial Ultraviolet Light that met in Lyon, France, 27 - 29 June 2005.