IARC News
IARC Monographs Volume 112: evaluation of five organophosphate insecticides and herbicides
20/03/2015 A Working Group of 17 experts from 11 countries met at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) on 3–10 March 2015 to review the available published scientific evidence and evaluate the carcinogenicity of five organophosphate insecticides and herbicides: diazinon, glyphosate, malathion, parathion, and tetrachlorvinphos. A summary of the evaluations has now been published in The Lancet Oncology. The detailed assessments will be published as Volume 112 of the IARC Monographs. Read article, Read more
IARC/NCI Tumour Seminar: Renal cancer
19/03/2015 The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announces a Tumour Seminar meeting on the topic “Difficult questions in renal cancer research”, to be held at IARC on 1–2 April 2015. See Preliminary Programme
IARC 50th Anniversary Conference: 7–10 June 2016
17/03/2015 The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announces a scientific conference to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Agency. The conference, entitled Global Cancer: Occurrence, Causes, and Avenues to Prevention, will be held on 7–10 June 2016 at Centre de Congrès, Lyon. More information is available on the conference website. Visit the website
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Planning and Developing Population-Based Cancer Registration in Low- and Middle-Income Settings
26/05/2014
Planning and Developing Population-Based Cancer Registration in Low- and Middle-Income Settings
Authors: F. Bray, A. Znaor, P. Cueva, A. Korir, R. Swaminathan, A. Ullrich, S.A. Wang, and D.M. Parkin
This guidance document provides an overview of the key concepts in cancer registration, covering the steps involved in planning a registry, the sources of information a registry will need to access, methods for ensuring data quality, and how registry results should be reported. It will be of value to those who are seeking to establish a registry or are in the early stages of developing a registry. It covers the major components that need to be thought about when setting up a registry and ensuring that it provides the necessary information for its main stakeholders -especially those involved in cancer control planning.
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