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Scientist at the International Agency for Research on Cancer @IARCWHO ** views are my own **

Lyon, France
Joined May 2018
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Mahdi Sheikh
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🚨 We're hiring 3 #postdocs at @IARCWHO in Lyon, France!. Join us to work with @hilaryarobbins @Mattias31 @XiaoshuangF & me on #cancer #epidemiology & #prevention. 🧠 Background in epi/biostats.📍 Lyon, France. 🔗 Details: #epitwitter #CancerResearch.
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RT @EuroRespSoc: Register now for the virtual school on tobacco cessation 💻. This course will help participants to evaluate health risks as….
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RT @Cancers_MDPI: 🧐Check out the Highly Cited Editor’s Choice #Review "Current Status and Future Prospects for #Esophageal #Cancer?".Citati….
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RT @Lyonpaul: Final version of @Nature paper on mutational signatures for colorectal cancer. Important implication….
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RT @MatthewEvison1: Please share this far wide - the AIRSPACE surveys are available in different languages to reach a global community and….
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RT @oncodaily: Lung Cancer Screening in Europe is a Golden Opportunity to Tackle Tobacco Use with Scalable - @mahdi_iarc .@EuroRespSoc @WHO….
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RT @oncodaily: Lung Cancer Screening in Europe is a Golden Opportunity to Tackle Tobacco Use with Scalable, WHO-guided Cessation Interventi….
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(5/5) We propose using the @WHO Clinical Treatment Guideline + the RE-AIM framework to #implement this effectively (see figures in the first tweet of the thread). Guidelines here:
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Supporting tobacco users to quit is core demand-reduction measure of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) and a key component of WHO MPOWER policy package. This guideline...
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(4/5) #Benefits of smoking cessation: ↓ Risk of cancer, #cardiovascular diseases, COPD. Better outcomes for those diagnosed with cancer: longer #survival, fewer complications, improved #quality of life.
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(3/5)🚨 The EU Commission recommends implementing #lungcancer #screening across 🇪🇺. Half of screening participants #smoke. Few will screen positive, but many will die from smoking-related #diseases if they keep smoking. Screening is a key moment to support #cessation.
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(2/5) 🚨~173 million adults in #Europe (25% of the adults) use #tobacco = 1.15 million tobacco related #deaths (nearly half due to #cancer) each year! Europe lags behind🌍@WHO targets on reducing tobacco use (by 30% until 2025). Progress has stopped!.
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(1/5) Our editorial in @ERSpublications with @IARC_DIR: #LungCancer #screening in 🇪🇺 is a golden opportunity to tackle #tobacco use with #scalable, @WHO-guided cessation interventions. 🧵(thread below). Full text👉. @IARCWHO @oncodaily @IASLC @uicc
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It’s #WorldNoTobaccoDay🚭. #Tobacco causes over 20 types of #cancer and kills up to half of its users who don’t quit. Tobacco and #nicotine industries use devious tactics to hook users into a cycle of addiction. Don’t let them fool you: learn more at WHO
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RT @UN_News_Centre: Alcoholic drinks, especially beer and spirits, may raise the risk of pancreatic cancer, a new @IARCWHO study has found….
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Alcoholic drinks, especially beer and spirits, may raise the risk of pancreatic cancer, a new UN study has found.
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Honoured to speak on "#quitting #smoking after a #cancer diagnosis: #clinical & biological #benefits" at a webinar organized by @Institut_cancer. If interested:. 📅 23 May | 🕒 13:30–17:00 CEST. 📄 Programme & registration: @IARCWHO.
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RT @uicc: Over 1.2M people die each year from illnesses linked to second-hand smoke — including 65,000 children. Creating 100% smoke-free….
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RT @oncodaily: Let’s remember – Tobacco Smoking remains the main driver of Cancer in Europe - Mahdi Sheikh (@mahdi_iarc). .
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Mahdi Sheikh: Let's remember - Tobacco Smoking remains the main driver of Cancer in Europe / cancer, health, Mahdi Sheikh, medicine, OncoDaily, Oncology,
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Honored to contribute to launching "5 Ways to Reduce #Cancer #Care #Inequalities in #Europe" call to action at European Parliament. #Tobacco #Smoking is the main driver of #Cancer & #inequalities in 🇪🇺. Article👉 Call to action👉
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In a @BrJCancer review, we analyzed 1,465 in vitro experiments on how #opioids affect #cancer cells. Pro-cancer effects were more frequent in organs linked to #opium use: #lung #bladder #larynx #pancreas #pharynx #stomach #esophagus. @IARCWHO @UQ_News . 👉
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British Journal of Cancer - The organ-specific modulation of malignant processes by opioids: a systematic review of cell culture studies
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