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IARC
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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 https://t.co/U6pS99Xbwn
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Join us tomorrow for the launch of IARC Handbook📗 of #CancerPrevention Vol 20B: The IARC perspective on the effects of #alcohol policies on reducing alcoholic beverage consumption, with @IARC_Dir, & other IARC & @WHO experts, live from @WHO_Europe at 10am https://t.co/6NKXojzjqz
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🆕IARC study, in collaboration with Centre Léon Bérard #Lyon & @uni_regensburg, emphasizes that MRI-derived organ volume measurements may provide info beyond traditional anthropometric indicators, e.g., #BMI, for understanding obesity-related health risks. https://t.co/clc4sL2nhE
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IARC's Dr Marion Pineros joins @VitalStrat & @UICC in exploring how better #cancer registries transform data into policies that save lives. 📅Mon, Oct. 13, 4:00–5:30 pm CET @WorldHealthSmt #Berlin Register to attend: https://t.co/FkOXed1cFU Join virtually: https://t.co/ta1m7dQuMa
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🆕IARC Evidence Summary Brief on #Alcohol🍺🍷🍸: a major preventable cause of #cancer. In this Brief, IARC synthesizes evidence on the burden of cancer due to alcohol, its economic impact, & effective interventions, with a clear call for policy action📢🏦. https://t.co/VkJGXQPZ3m
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Le CIRC & le #MuséeDesConfluences s’unissent pour 3 ans afin de rapprocher science & culture au service de la prévention du #cancer et du partage des savoirs ! Conférences, rencontres & médiations au programme… RDV bientôt au musée !
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🔥 La @FeteScience 2025, c'est parti ! Hier, le Centre International de Recherche sur le Cancer accueillait le lancement régional, en présence de - nos partenaires, - nos ambassadrices, - de nombreux enfants, pour une visite exceptionnelle du CIRC ! Que la fête commence !
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We welcomed 🇫🇮 Ambassador to 🇫🇷, HE Kirsikka Lehto-Asikainen & 🇫🇮 Consul in #Lyon Mr Xavier SIMON to IARC to discuss #cancer control initiatives. #Finland has been an IARC Participating State since 1986. We look forward to continued collaboration & to welcoming them back soon!
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📢 Save the date! Join our next #CPE ECN #Webinar with Prof Karen Steindorf!🧠💡 “Physical activity: disclosing the role in primary & tertiary #CancerPrevention" 🗓️ 7 Oct, 12h–13h CET Register: https://t.co/i1Rf3Got98 #BreastCancer #PublicHealth #WomensHealth #EarlyCareerResearch
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#Aflatoxin B1 reshapes epigenetic code in Burkitt #lymphoma cells, with & without Epstein–Barr virus #EBV. New #IARCpaper in Environment International @env_int_journal. https://t.co/n0rChJLJ9c
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IARC’s Dr @ZdenkoHerceg to speak at Big Data Forum for Life & Health Sciences 2025, 15–17 Oct, #Beijing. Talk will explore how epigenomic changes from environment & lifestyle affect #cancer risk & #CancerPrevention. Conf site: https://t.co/DJTlOTJNJO Info: https://t.co/FoKjduM6Ro
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فهد بن معيوف الرويلي Fahad Alruwaily
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سعدتُ يوم أمس الأربعاء بالالتقاء بمديرة الوكالة الدولية لأبحاث السرطان @IARCWHO في ليون الدكتورة اليزابيث فيدرباس ومساعديها، وجاء ذلك ضمن الزيارة التي نظمتها وزارة الخارجية الفرنسية لمجموعة من السفراء المعتمدين في فرنسا إلى أبرز الهيئات الدولية الصحية في ليون. وكان اللقاء مناسبة
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.@IARC_Dir Dr Weiderpass to speak during a special Workshop at #WHS2025! Join her & her fellow experts on 12 Oct, 14:00-15:30, to discuss: Precision Prevention of #NCDs; An Imperative for Aging Populations & Overburdened Health Systems in #Europe & #Africa https://t.co/lM58Pf99bu
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Dr Dilani Lokuhetty, Head, #WHOBlueBooks📘 & @IC3R_ PI, & Dr Iciar Indave, IARC systematic reviewer & IC3R coordinator, will be at the 47th #ISOBM conf in #Germany, 13–16 Oct. They'll chair a wkshop on evidence-based pathology on 15 Oct Register to attend: https://t.co/cO4uBHHp4F
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On 4 Sep 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union @EUCourtPress decided that pseudonymised data are not by definition also personal #data. What does that mean for pseudonymised #HealthData? Join our IHEN/HEAP webinar to find out! Oct 10, 14-15h CET
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On September 4 2025 the Court of Justice of the European Union decided that pseudonymised data are not by definition also personal data. Whether data are personal data or not in the sense of the GDPR...
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On 4 Sep 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union @EUCourtPress decided that pseudonymised data are not by definition also personal #data. What does that mean for pseudonymised #HealthData? Join our IHEN/HEAP webinar to find out! Oct 10, 14-15h CET https://t.co/KTUXFX5OqY
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IARC's Dr @valmacsee McCormack speaks with @France24_en about trends in #BreastCancer incidence & mortality, some of the drivers of these trends, & IARC & @WHO's efforts to reduce incidence & mortality of this disease. #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #BCAM https://t.co/teuypEBKLp
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IARC marks #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth, highlighting our most recent findings related to #BreastCancer, the most common & most deadly #cancer in women Learn more by following IARC through #BCAM & beyond as we celebrate 60 years of cancer prevention #IARC60 https://t.co/s9ZCQGXan2
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Know something we should consider as we update the European #CervicalCancer Prevention Guidelines? Let us know! 🗣️ Public consultation on cervical #cancer screening approaches now open! More info & how to submit comments👇 https://t.co/w62QaDKEsn
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IARC’s Dr Ausrele Kesminiene appointed to @UN’s Independent Scientific Panel on Effects of #Nuclear War by UN Secretary-General @AntonioGuterres. Panel will provide a report to be considered by the UN General Assembly at its 82nd session in 2027. https://t.co/nCR7nt5bi5
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How does BMI affect breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women with and without cardiovascular disease (CVD)? Analysis shows that weight-associated breast cancer risk is higher in women with CVD: https://t.co/LaVc8XAvoi @HFreisling @IARCWHO @OncoAlert @oreganruth
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Involved in #OralCancer #screening. Know someone who is? We’ve launched a 🆕 global network focused on oral #cancer screening to amplify research & hasten efforts to understand, tackle, & prevent oral cancer in different settings. Help us get the word out! https://t.co/vQbFxZaeBA
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