IARC News
Early HPV testing could detect sexually-transmitted oral cancer
17/06/2013
Antibodies to a high-risk type of human papillomavirus (HPV16) could help detect oropharyngeal cancer several years before the clinical onset of the disease, reveals a new study from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in cooperation with the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the United States National Cancer Institute (NCI) in an article published online today by the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
A R Kreimer, M Johansson, T Waterboer, R Kaaks, J Chang-Claude, D Drogen, A Tjønneland et al.
Evaluation of Human Papillomavirus Antibodies and Risk of Subsequent Head and Neck Cancer
Journal of Clinical Oncology published online on June 17, 2013; DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2012.47.2738
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1st International Workshop on The Food Metabolome and Biomarkers for Dietary Exposure
12/06/2013
We are delighted to announce that the 1st International Workshop on “The Food Metabolome and Biomarkers for Dietary Exposure” will be held on 4–5 July 2013 at the 9th International Conference of the Metabolomics Society in Glasgow, Scotland.
This workshop is co-organized by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), University College Dublin (UCD), and the University of Glasgow.
If you are interested in attending this workshop, please contact Dr Augustin Scalbert, Chair of the Organizing Committee, at scalberta@iarc.fr.
Workshop Details
Emerging Oncogenic Viruses, 4 - 8 June 2014, San Pietro in Bevagna, Italy
07/06/2013
We are delighted to announce the 3rd Workshop on Emerging Oncogenic Viruses which will be held in San Pietro in Bevagna, Manduria, Italy, from 4 to 8 June 2014.
This meeting is a joint IARC/DKFZ initiative, which will focus on discussions and the critical evaluation of epidemiology, immunology and biology of cancer-associated viruses.
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Publications
Improving Public Health Through Mycotoxin Control - IARC Scientific Publication, No 158
10/01/2013
Improving Public Health Through Mycotoxin Control
IARC Scientific Publication, No 158
Edited by JI Pitt, CP Wild, RA Baan, WCA Gelderblom, JD Miller, RT Riley and F Wu.
This book aims to sensitize the international community to the mycotoxin problem in a format that is accessible to a wide audience and is useful to decision-makers across a broad spectrum of disciplines, including agriculture, public health, marketing, and economics.
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