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Lyon, France
Joined April 2016
🎉IARC is the leading source of #cancer data for action, & @Nature just proved it!.Not 1⃣but 2⃣ IARC papers📰are among the top🔟most-cited papers of the new millennium - one of them is even the most recently published🗓️paper to make the top ten!.#CancerResearchThatMatters.#IARC60.
These are the 25 most cited papers published in the twenty-first century.
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RT @WHO_Europe: 🔔 Don’t miss the next session in the WHO/Europe and @IARCWHO webinar series on alcohol and cancer prevention!. 3 September….
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WHO Classification of Tumours: Skin Tumours is now available in print format. #WHOBlueBooks.Skin Tumours is Volume 12 in the 5th edition of the @WHO series on the classification of human tumours.
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RT @HFreisling: 👋Plant-based dietary patterns and age-specific risk of multimorbidity of cancer and cardiometabolic diseases: a prospective….
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A healthy plant-based diet might reduce the burden of multimorbidity of cancer and cardiometabolic diseases among middle-aged and older adults.
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New @TheLancetGH study by @IARCWHO: 81,300 #cancer cases worldwide are attributable to HIV—70% in Africa. Regional data highlight urgent need for targeted cancer prevention in people living with #HIV. 👉
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It is with deep sorrow that IARC announces the passing of Professor Pierre Hainaut, former head of our Molecular Carcinogenesis Unit. He will be remembered not only for his brilliant mind but also for the profoundly human spirit behind the science.
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With deep sorrow, IARC announces the passing of Dr Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan on 3 Aug. His vision –that no one should die from preventable or treatable cancer due to where they live– will continue to inspire current & future public health professionals.
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RT @CACancerJournal: ☀️ Summer stats check-in: Nearly 20M new cancer cases & 10 million cancer deaths occurred worldwide in 2022. By 2050,….
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IARC's Dr @JoachimSchuz joined the International Risk Podcast to discuss why #cancer prevention must be treated as a global systems risk, not simply a medical challenge. 🎧Episode 253: The International Risks Associated with Oncology & Global Health Equity.
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IARC-led Expert Working Group of @EuropeanCommission Initiative on #CervicalCancer releases 1st set of recommendations!.Reco: #HPV detection testing as primary screening method for asymptomatic pops aged 30-64, conditional reco for HPV screening from 25.
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“In 2020, an estimated 7.4% of all🆕#LiverCancer cases— ~170K cases—were due to #hepatitis C infection, highlighting critical importance of #HepC elimination as #cancer prevention strategy.”.@IARC_Dir spoke at Egypt’s celebration of #HepatitisC Elimination.
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RT @WHO: #Hepatitis update you should know:. @IARCWHO has now classified hepatitis D as carcinogenic to humans, just like hepatitis B and C….
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“#LiverCancer remains a significant concern, esp among men, where 5.8% of🆕cases are associated with #hepatitis.”.@IARC_Dir speaks at Egypt’s celebration of #HepC Elimination & it being the 1st country to achieve “gold tier” on path to HepC elimination.
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Chronic infection with viral hepatitis kills about 3500 people every day. #WorldHepatitisDay.IARC & @WHO call for urgent action to dismantle the financial, social & systemic barriers – including stigma – to #hepatitis elimination & #LiverCancer prevention.
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“IARC scientists work closely with @WHO & international partners to study links between #hepatitis B, C, & D & various #cancer types—especially hepatocellular carcinoma #HCC, the most common type of #LiverCancer.”.@IARC_Dir speaks at Egypt’s celebration of #HepC Elimination
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🆕IARC website presents the Virtual RealiTy & mUsic in the Oncology SEtting (VRtuose) study, an IARC collab with @CLCCLeonBerard. The 🥅?.To see if implementing VR devices in chemotherapy units could improve quality of life of patients with #BreastCancer.
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📣CALL FOR EXPERTS📣.As part of @EU_Commission Initiative on Cervical #Cancer & Europe’s Beating #CancerPlan, IARC & @EU_ScienceHub need experts to aid dev of QA for #CervicalCancer care services from below profiles.See website to apply.Apply by 15 Sep '25.
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