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🎉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.
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These are the 25 most cited papers published in the twenty-first century.
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The CanScreen5 initiative has published🆕screening data from an additional 17 francophone countries in #Africa. 🇩🇿🇧🇯🇧🇫🇧🇮🇨🇲🇹🇩🇰🇲🇨🇬🇨🇮🇬🇦🇬🇳🇲🇬🇲🇱🇲🇦🇳🇪🇸🇳🇹🇬.Information on policies, protocols, & organization of #cancer #screening programmes also now available!.
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IARC & partners applied untargeted metabolomics to identify serum metabolites associated with #BreastCancer in black urban women in Soweto, #SouthAfrica. Found high levels of cortisol, kynurenine, & octenoylcarnitine associated with risk of breast #cancer.
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Have you been keeping up with our 60 Days, 60 Jobs, 60 Faces videos celebrating 60 Years of IARC⁉️.Since July 1st, we've been publishing a new face😀, a new job🧑‍⚕️, and a new story📽️ each day!.Meet the people driving cancer research forward at IARC!.#IARC60.
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Congratulations to Dr @AlhomoudSamar, Chair of the IARC Ethics Committee & close collaborator of the Agency, on being selected as a Saudi Pioneer, one of the 100 most influential Saudi women in their sectors.
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RT @GICR_IARC: Announcement IACR Scientific Conference News
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RT @myESMO: How do #nutrition & #diet impact #CancerRisk & outcomes: from childhood to adulthood?. Find out at the next @IARCWHO - ESMO web….
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RT @NaturePortfolio: 15.6 million people born between 2008 and 2017 globally are expected to develop gastric cancer sometime in their life,….
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🆕study: IARC & partners explored levels of Epstein–Barr virus capsid antigen (VCA-IgA) antibodies, produced in response to #EBV infection, & #cancer risk. Findings reveal signif assoc between presence of antibodies &⤴️risk of multiple cancers.@NatureComms.
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New #IARCpaper highlights the #GastricCancer burden is growing with shifting global profiles. These latest projections provide policymakers with critical information for #cancer control planning at regional & country levels.
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Thank you🙏 & Farewell👋 to His Excellency André Sobral Cordeiro, Consul General of #Portugal in #Lyon. Your support & commitment to #cancer research was instrumental to Portugal🇵🇹 becoming an IARC Participating State. Muito obrigado & we wish you the very best at your next post.
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🆕paper shows women♀️ with overweight/obesity & a history of cardiovascular disease #CVD are 31% more likely to develop #BreastCancer than women without overweight/obesity & CVD, & are more likely to develop BC than women with overweight/obesity but no CVD.
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Heinz Freisling
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📢Postmenopausal women with CVD have a 31% higher risk of breast cancer with each 5 kg/m² increase in BMI, compared to a 13% increase in those without CVD. #BreastCancer #CVD .👏@e_fontvieille et al. @IARCWHO .🙏 @wcrfint .@JournalCancer .
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RT @Lyonpaul: Final version of @Nature paper on mutational signatures for colorectal cancer. Important implication….
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IARC & @AmericanCancer launch The #Cancer Atlas, 4th Ed, a landmark publication to shape strategies across the cancer continuum!.The Atlas draws on IARC's work to give an overview of cancer burdens, risk factors, & proven measures for prevention & control
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Today marks the final day of the #IARCSummerSchool Prevention Module😭!.Over the past week, participants engaged in an intensive program full of insights, engaging discussions, & collaborative learning. Yesterday, we asked their thoughts on the journey. See what they had to say👇
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In a 🆕 video, Dr IARC’s @Lyonpaul Brennan presents the latest findings which may explain why #ColorectalCancer is rapidly 📈 in young adults. Watch & learn what the team found, how they found it, & what it may mean for cancer prevention & early detection.
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How should evidence on impact of anti-obesity/diabetes medication💊 on #obesity & #cancer risk be articulated with evidence on the role of dietary quality & diversity in #CancerPrevention?.Join this IARC-@myESMO webinar to find out!.22 Jul, 3pm CEST. Reg:.
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Are you looking for evidence-based #infographics on #cancer prevention in ready-to-use formats for printing & social media?.Visit the Infographic Resources Center, implemented with the support from & in collaboration with @myESMO.
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"2022: gastrointestinal #cancers account for ~5 million🆕cases —1/4 of all cancers—& >1 in 3 cancer deaths. Sharpest📈expected in #LMICs—where resources are scarcest. Prevention, early detection, & equity must be at❤️of global response".@IARC_Dir Dr Elisabete Weiderpass.#ESMOGI25.
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Angela Lamarca
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Numbers that I am still digesting from todayat @myesmo #ESMOGI25 come from the #KeynoteLecture by #ElisabeteWeiderpass. Take home message 1/3 🧵.🌍 Burden of type of GI cancer varies accross countries. #ESMOAmbassadors
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The monograph on #talc⚪️, the 1st monograph in IARC Monographs Volume 136: Talc & Acrylonitrile, now available online. This monograph was accelerated in response to public health demand. Full volume expected out in coming months. Visit the Vol 136 webpage:.
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IARC & @AmericanCancer launch The #Cancer Atlas, 4th Ed, a landmark publication to shape strategies across the cancer continuum! The Atlas draws on IARC's work to give an overview of cancer burdens, risk factors, & proven measures for prevention & control
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