CanScreen-ECIS project comes to a close
The CanScreen-ECIS project, coordinated by scientists at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), has concluded. The goal of the project was to develop and pilot a new cancer screening...
View ArticleRare Disease Day 2024: the IARC Rare Cancers Genomics Team
Rare cancers are cancer types with fewer than 6 newly diagnosed cases per 100 000 people per year. Although individually these cancer types occur rarely, taken together, rare cancer types account for...
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Dr Guillermo Tortolero-Luna
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), along with the global scientific community, is deeply saddened by the passing of Dr Guillermo Tortolero-Luna. Dr Tortolero-Luna, a highly...
View ArticleIARC researcher presents challenges to cancer early detection and prevention...
Dr André Carvalho, Deputy Head of the Early Detection, Prevention, and Infections Branch at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), presented IARC’s scientific evidence base of...
View ArticleGenome-wide association study and Mendelian randomization analyses provide...
Scientists from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and partner institutions reveal new findings about the lifestyle and genetic risk factors for early-onset colorectal cancer, which...
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Professor Arthur Grollman
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is saddened by the passing of Professor Arthur P. Grollman of Stony Brook University, New York (USA), who died on 17 February 2024 after a long...
View ArticleMaternal orphans due to cancer: the intergenerational impact of cancer deaths...
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has released the fifth IARC Evidence Summary Brief, titled “Maternal Orphans due to Cancer: The intergenerational impact of cancer deaths in...
View ArticleMobile phone use and brain tumour risk – COSMOS, a prospective cohort study
Researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and partners have delivered the most recent results of the Cohort Study of Mobile Phone Use and Health (COSMOS) project, which...
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Training in clinical breast examination and the use of a portable ultrasound...
Researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) held a two-day workshop in India on 7 and 8 March, to train non-radiologist health providers in the use of a low-cost portable...
View ArticleCancer trends in the UK: grounds for optimism but warning signs must not be...
Dr Freddie Bray, Head of the Cancer Surveillance Branch at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), notes the urgent need for increased awareness of the cancer risks of excess body...
View ArticleIARC hosts the Advisory Group to Recommend Priorities for the IARC Monographs...
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is hosting the meeting of the Advisory Group to Recommend Priorities for the IARC Monographs during 2025–2029 on 19–22 March 2024 in Lyon, France....
View ArticleProfessor Jürgen Wahrendorf (23 April 1948–15 March 2024)
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is saddened by the passing of Professor Jürgen Wahrendorf, who died on 15 March 2024 at age 75 years. Professor Wahrendorf was a pioneer of cancer...
View ArticlePublication of the WHO Classification of Tumours, 5th Edition, Volume 9: Head...
WHO Classification of Tumours: Head and Neck Tumours is now available in print format. Head and Neck Tumours is Volume 9 in the 5th edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) series on the...
View ArticleNew report on global cancer burden in 2022 by world region and human...
A new collaborative report from researchers at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the American Cancer Society (ACS) describes the current global cancer statistics for the year...
View ArticleThe Lancet Commission on prostate cancer: planning for the surge in cases
Researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) together with partners in a new Lancet Commission predict that the global burden of prostate cancer is set to more than double to...
View ArticleAflatoxin B1 and Epstein Barr virus (EBV)-induced CCL22 expression stimulates...
Scientists from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and partner institutions have made an important discovery that may help to explain why endemic Burkitt lymphoma, a fast-growing...
View ArticleWorld Health Day 2024: My health, my right
Researchers at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) are involved in a wide range of projects to identify, monitor, and address inequalities related to cancer, including inequities in...
View ArticleCancer screening metrics: effective evaluation to balance benefits and harms
A new study led by researchers at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association assesses whether the incidence of...
View ArticleIARC and the National Cancer Center of Korea mark 10 years of the HELPER study
Researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the National Cancer Center of the Republic of Korea marked 10 years since initiating the collaborative study on the Effect of...
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