Media Centre - IARC NEWS
2009
| The Lancet Oncology - (online ahead of print publication, 10/12/09) |
| 16/12/2009 - Cancer survival in Africa, Asia, and Central America: a population-based study published DOI:10.1016/S1470-2045(09)70335-3 R. Sankaranarayanan, R. Swaminathan, H. Brenner, K. Chen, K. Seng Chia, et al. Full Text , IARC Press Release No. 197 |
| British Journal of Cancer |
 Br J Cancer, 101(5):865-870, doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6605224 Differences in the risk of cervical cancer and human papillomavirus infection by education level S Franceschi, M Plummer, G Clifford, S de Sanjose, X Bosch, R Herrero, N Muñoz and S Vaccarella for the International Agency for Research on Cancer Multicentric Cervical Cancer Study Groups and the International Agency for Research on Cancer Human Papillomavirus Prevalence Surveys Study Group Full text |
| European Journal of Clinical Nutrition - November 2009 |
 Eur J Clin Nutr (2009) Nov;63 Suppl 4:S1-S274 (special issue, 14 papers) Guest Editors: N. Slimani and B. Margetts Nutrient Intakes and Patterns in the EPIC cohorts from ten European countries (SNIPE)  This report, entitled “Nutrient intakes and patterns in the EPIC cohorts from 10 European countries”, follows a previous special issue (Public Health Nutrition Vol. 5, 6B, 2002) on food consumption of a representative sub-sample of subjects from 10 European countries participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. For this report, 37 000 single 24-hour dietary recalls were collected in a standardised manner using the same dietary software (EPIC-SOFT®, IARC) and a harmonised nutrient database (ENDB) containing 26 nutrients (including energy). The 14 papers in this special issue describe intake of energy and macro-nutrients, minerals, fat- and water- soluble vitamins, and food supplements. Consumption of highly processed foods, glycaemic load and glycaemic index, specific food group combinations explaining nutrient intakes, and insights on under-reporting are also covered. These results provide the first reliable comparisons of both food and nutrient intakes and patterns across European countries, based on a detailed and carefully standardised dietary methodology, and are thus a valuable resource and common benchmark for Europe. This information is particularly useful for understanding and better interpreting dietary exposure and its association with disease (including cancer), and for formulating new etiological hypotheses. Link to EJCN website |
| The Lancet Oncology |
 The Lancet Oncology, Volume 10, Issue 12, Pages 1143-1144, December 2009 A review of human carcinogens—Part F: Chemical agents and related occupations Baan R., Grosse Y., Straif K., Secretan B., El Ghissassi F., Bouvard V., Benbrahim-Tallaa L., Guha N., Freeman C., Galichet L., Cogliano V., on behalf of the on behalf of the WHO IARC Monograph Working Group Full Text |
| IARC Summer School in Cancer Epidemiology - 2010 |
| 25/11/2009 - 14 June - 2 July 2010 The Course Schedule and Application Forms are available here Deadline for applications is: January 2010 Read more |
| Cancer Letters |
 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). Click here to access this special issue of Cancer Letters |
| The Lancet Oncology |
 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 Full Text |
| Third Workshop of the International Childhood Cancer Cohort Consortium (I4C) |
 16–17 November 2009, at IARC, Lyon, France. Presentations will cover: Epidemiologists and laboratory scientists interested in studying early life exposure, environmental, lifestyle, molecular, and genetic/epigenetic risk factors for childhood cancer are encouraged to register for this meeting. Visit website |
| 2009 Nobel Prize for Medicine : new avenues for cancer therapy? |
| 08/10/2009 - The winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak,received this distinction “for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase”. Telomerase activity is increased in 80-90% of cancers. This leads to the development of many therapeutic strategies targeting telomerase, either by inhibition of enzyme activity or by employing a cancer vaccine approach to kill telomerase overexpressing tumour cells. Dr Bakary Sylla, an IARC scientist specialized in viral oncogenesis, works in Dr Massimo Tommasino’s laboratory on HPV research and cancer. Listen to Dr Bakary Sylla - RFI Interview |
| INCa Annual Meeting |
| 07/10/2009 - Dr Christopher Wild, Rencontres INCa 2009, 7 octobre 2009 ('Seek Bar' Ă partir de 02:30) Watch video |
| INCa Annual Meeting - 7 october 2009 |
| 01/10/2009 - IARC is pleased to announce The 2009 Annual INCa Meeting: New Challenges for the 2009-2013 French Cancer Plan. Download program |
| Postdoctoral Opportunities |
| 30/09/2009 - Call for applications for a postdoctoral opportunity in the Section of Molecular Pathology. Deadline for applications: 15 November 2009 Read more |
| Missense makes sense of breast cancer |
| 24/09/2009 - Scientists have found that specific changes in DNA sequence have a greater impact on breast cancer risk than previously thought. This work arose from collaboration between the IARC, Regensburg University and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research. Read more |
| IARC Publications - Cancer Incidence in Five Continents Vol. IX |
 IARC Scientific Publication No. 160 "Cancer Incidence in Five Continents Vol. IX" is now available in PDF format. Download here |
| IARC Publications - Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the European Union and the European Economic Area 1993-1997 |
 IARC Scientific Publication No. 159 "Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the European Union and the European Economic Area 1993-1997" is now available in PDF format. Download here |
| IARC Publications - IARC Handbook of Cancer Prevention -Volume 13 |
 IARC Handbook of Cancer Prevention - Tobacco Control - Volume 13 "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Smoke-free" is now available in PDF format. Download here |
| Evaluating the Effectiveness of Smoke-free Policies |
The 13th volume of the IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention publications series is a critical review of the published literature on this highly sensitive issue, led by a Working Group of 17 scientists from nine countries, which draws conclusions about the effectiveness of smoke-free policies. Read more |
| British Medical Journal - Research |
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| IARC Publications - Statistical Methods in Cancer Research |
 The volume III is now available in PDF format. The Design and Analysis of long-term animal experiments IARC Scientific Publications No. 79 Edited by J. Gart, D. Krewski, P.N. Lee, R.E. Tarone & J. Wahrendorf Download |
| The Lancet Oncology |
 The Lancet Oncology, Volume 10, Issue 8, Pages 751 - 752, August 2009 doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(09)70213-X A review of human carcinogens—Part D: radiation El Ghissassi F., Baan R., Straif K., Grosse Y., Secretan B., Bouvard V., Benbrahim-Tallaa L., Guha N., Freeman C., Galichet L., Cogliano V., on behalf of the WHO IARC Monograph Working Group Full Text |
| Sunbeds and UV Radiation |
| 29/07/2009 - An IARC Working Group has classified UV-emitting tanning devices as “carcinogenic to humans” (Group 1). The Working Group was convened by the IARC Monographs programme and the conclusions are reported in an article and press release issued today by The Lancet Oncology. Read more |
| The Lancet |
 The Lancet, Volume 373, Issue 9682, June 27,2009, Pages 2201-2214 Alcohol and cause-specific mortality in Russia: a retrospective case–control study of 48 557 adult deaths Zaridze D., Brennan P., Boreham J., Boroda A., Karpov R., Lazarev A., Konobeevskaya I., Igitov V., Terechova T., Boffetta P., Peto R. Read more |
| Alcohol causes more than half of all the premature deaths in Russian adults |
| 30/06/2009 - Excessive alcohol consumption in Russia, particularly by men, has in recent years caused more than half of all the deaths at ages 15-54 years. Read more |
| IARC Fellowships |
| 04/06/2009 - Call for applications now open for IARC Fellowships: - Postdoctoral Fellowship programme - Expertise Transfer Fellowship - Visiting Scientist Award Deadline 30 November 2009 See details |
| Status of the INTERPHONE Study |
| 28/05/2009 - This is a joint IARC, CREAL and UICC statement. In view of the potential public health importance of the findings of the INTERPHONE study, undertaken in 2000, and taking due account of the requirements of peer-reviewed scientific publishing, the IARC, in consultation with its partners, CREAL and UICC, have resolved to issue this public statement, to be posted simultaneously on the three Institutions' websites. Read more |
| First Lorenzo Tomatis Conference on Environment and Cancer |
| 27/05/2009 - The International Agency for Research on Cancer has the priviledge to associate itself with the First Lorenzo Tomatis Conference on Environment and Cancer, June 4-5, 2009, at Centro Incontri Regione Piemonte, Torino, Italy. Download Programme |
| Epigenetics |
 The Epigenetics Group at IARC has recently developed a new method that allows the quantitative and sensitive detection of DNA methylation in multiple genes using minute amounts of DNA obtained from bodily fluids. "Quantitative analysis of DNA methylation after whole bisulfitome amplification of a minute amount of DNA from body fluids", Vaissière T, Cuenin C, Paliwal A, Vineis P, et al. Epignetics, 4(4). 2009. Read more |
| IARC Publications - Cancer Epidemiology: Principles and Methods |
 The IARC Bestseller: "Cancer Epidemiology: Principles and Methods", edited by I. Dos Santos Silva(1999) is now available for free download in PDF format. Download here |
| France 3 - IARC Day, 13 May 2009 |
| 14/05/2009 - This TV report stars Professor Harald zur Hausen, Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2008 “for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer”, at the IARC Day celebration. Watch Video |
| The Lancet Oncology |
 The Lancet Oncology, Volume 10, Issue 5, Pages 453 - 454, May 2009 A review of human carcinogens – Part C: metals, arsenic, dusts, and fibres. Straif K, Benbrahim-Tallaa L, Baan, R, Grosse Y, Secretan B, El Ghissassi F, Bouvard V, Guha N, Freeman C, Galichet L, Cogliano V, on behalf of the WHO IARC Monograph Working Group. Full Text |
| Launch of the European Cancer Observatory |
 In partnership with the French CanceropĂ´le CLARA, the Greater Lyon authority, the RhĂ´ne DĂ©partement and additional support from the DG Sanco of the European Union, IARC launched the European Cancer Observatory website, for quicker and more user-friendly access to cancer mapping and tabulation in Europe. Click here for direct access |
| IARC Day 2009 |
| 22/04/2009 - The traditional IARC Day will take place Wednesday, 13th May 2009 at the IARC headquarters. See programme |
| The New England Journal of Medicine |
 HPV Screening for Cervical Cancer in Rural India The New England Journal of Medicine, April 2 2009 Volume 360:1385-1394, Number 14 Sankaranarayanan R, Nene BM, F.R.C.P., Shastri SS., Jayant K., Muwonge R. et al. Full Text , IARC Press Release No 195 |
| IARC Publications - Statistical Methods in Cancer Research |
 The volumes I, II and IV are now available in PDF format. Volume I - The analysis of cancer-control studies Volume II - The Design and Analysis of Cohort studies Volume IV - Descriptive Epidemiology Download here |
| IARC Publications - IARC Handbook of Cancer Prevention No. 12 |
 IARC Handbook of Cancer Prevention No. 12, Methods for Evaluating Tobacco Control Policies is now available. This new volume focuses on evaluating the impact of societal level interventions to control tobacco use and is offered as a guide to evaluators in the field. Read more |
| 'Prevent cancer through healthy, active childhood', podcast on the occasion of the World Cancer Day 2009 |
| 06/02/2009 - Dr Christopher Wild, Director, IARC, expresses his views on IARCÂ’s role in cancer research, alongside the parent Organization, WHO. Listen to podcast |
| World Cancer Day 2009 |
 On the occasion of the World Cancer Day 2009, the International Agency for Research on Cancer is proud to join forces with the World Health Organization and the Union internationale contre le cancer to support this year's campaign for a healthy and active childhood. See more details |
| Cohorts and Consortia From Biotechnology to Populations |
| 21/01/2009 - 17-19 June 2009. Rimrock Resort, Banff, Alberta, Canada ORGANIZERS Alberta Health Services-Alberta Cancer Board and the International Agency for Research on Cancer See more information |
| Cancer Research |
 January 1, 2009 - Volumen 69, Issue 1 Cancer Res 2009 69: 243-252. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-08-2489 Quantitative Analysis of DNA Methylation Profiles in Lung Cancer Identifies Aberrant DNA Methylation of Specific Genes and Its Association with Gender and Cancer Risk Factors Vaissière T, Hung RJ, Zaridze D, Moukeria A, Cuenin C, et al. Full Text , AACR News Release |