IARC News
New data on cancer cases in France attributable to lifestyle and environmental factors: the four major risk factors are tobacco use, alcohol consumption, an unbalanced diet, and overweight
25/06/2018
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is today publishing a full report on the proportion of new cancer cases in adults in Metropolitan France in 2015 that are associated with 13 major lifestyle and environmental risk factors. The study is the result of a close collaboration with French health agencies and many international experts. The report is available on the Global Cancer Observatory (GCO) website.
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Read IARC Press Release 261 [in French], Visit GCO website
IARC Monographs Volume 116: Drinking Coffee, Mate, and Very Hot Beverages
13/06/2018 The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is pleased to announce that the IARC Monographs volume on “Drinking Coffee, Mate, and Very Hot Beverages” is now available online. This volume comprises two Monographs: Drinking coffee, and Drinking mate and very hot beverages. Visit the Volume 116 webpage
Launch of IARC Regional Hub for Cancer Registration in the Caribbean
12/06/2018 The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and its partners are launching a new Regional Hub for Cancer Registration in the Caribbean. The IARC Caribbean Cancer Registry Hub will provide technical training workshops, assessments of cancer registry operations in four countries, statistical analysis of cancer registry data for two registries, and development of a standard operations manual for registries. The project is a partnership between IARC, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR). Visit the GICR website
Professor Bernard Stewart appointed a Member of the Order of Australia
11/06/2018 The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) wishes to congratulate Professor Bernard William Stewart, who has been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List by being appointed a Member of the Order of Australia “for significant service to medicine in the field of environmental carcinogenesis, as a researcher and advocate, and to professional medical organisations”. Professor Stewart was co-editor of IARC’s World Cancer Report in 2003 and 2014; he is also co-editor, with Dr Christopher Wild and Dr Elisabete Weiderpass, of the next World Cancer Report, scheduled to appear in May 2019. Visit the World Cancer Report webpage
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WHO Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues
07/09/2017
The WHO Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues is a Revised 4th Edition Volume of the WHO series on histological and genetic typing of human tumours. This authoritative, concise reference book provides an international standard for oncologists and pathologists and will serve as an indispensable guide for use in the design of studies monitoring response to therapy and clinical outcome.
This classification, prepared by 132 authors from 23 countries, contains about 1300 colour images and tables, and more than 4500 references.
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