CIRC - Centre international de Recherche sur le Cancer / Organisation mondiale de la santé

Projects from IARC's Dr Yahya MAHAMAT-SALEH & Dr Felix Onyije have won funding through the World Cancer Research Fund's INSPIRE Research Challenge! Dr Yahya aims to identify novel stress biomarkers to enhance understanding of biological mechanisms linking stress to #BreastCancer (BC) risk & survival in black African women: Identification of metabolic signatures related to stress & breast #cancer risk & survival. Identification of metabolic signatures related to stress and breast cancer risk and survival: https://lnkd.in/dMyFNB_4 Dr Onyije will conduct the ON-Shift project, a novel investigation on the relationship between #NightShift work & #TesticularCancer, along with analyses of #OvarianCancer. Night shift work and the risk of testicular cancer & ovarian cancer: https://lnkd.in/duQxm63w

“Very simple exams can lead to early diagnosis & early treatment of #cancer. We don’t need to only think about big & expensive tech, but interventions adapted to challenges we observe today.” IARC Director Dr Elisabete Weiderpass at #ApolloCancerConclave2024 https://lnkd.in/dNKnNT_4

IARC & partners demonstrate protection offered by single dose of quadrivalent vaccine against persistent HPV16 & HPV18, the types responsible for ~80% of #CervicalCancer in LMICs, is as high as that offered by 2 or 3 doses, even 15 years after vaccination. https://lnkd.in/dVde3gxn

IARC researchers show adopting a single-dose vaccination schedule against #HPV combined with different resource reallocation strategies accelerates #CervicalCancerElimination. Such strategies could eliminate #CervicalCancer #CxCa in #India, #Rwanda, & #Brazil. https://lnkd.in/d2QDjUYQ

📆17 November is Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action, marking 4⃣ years of the World Health Organization #CervicalCancerElimination movement! This year's theme is "Elevating frontline health workers: transforming global commitments into lifesaving actions". IARC supports frontline workers with capacity building in areas such as colposcopy and thermal ablation, including with learning tools such as the Atlas of Colposcopy: Principles and Practice (available in 6 languages), and the Atlas of Visual Inspection of the Cervix with Acetic Acid for Screening, Triage, and Assessment for Treatment (available in five languages). https://lnkd.in/dfZikTCh https://lnkd.in/ezBwsaYX

📆17 November is Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action, marking 4⃣ years of the World Health Organization #CervicalCancerElimination movement! This year's theme is "Elevating frontline health workers: transforming global commitments into lifesaving actions". IARC trains partners in #India & elsewhere in #CervicalCancer screening & colposcopy, helping frontline workers screen & treat🚺to prevent #CxCa in e.g. urban & rural areas of #Pune, India. https://lnkd.in/ddaWjnka

🆕studies by IARC & partners, published in a special edition of the JNCI Monographs & presented during #IPVC2024, explore efficacy & potential impact of single-dose #HPV vaccination💉 in advancing #CervicalCancer prevention, particularly in #LMICs. #CxCa https://lnkd.in/d4xTCWEf

IARC welcomed Dr Rüdiger Krech, Director, World Health Organization Dept of Health Promotion, to discuss more effective interventions to tackle #alcohol & tobacco #smoking to create a world where fewer people suffer & die of #cancer, or of a host of other diseases.

#LungCancerAwarenessMonth #LungCancer is the most common cause of #cancer death. Tobacco smoking is the most common cause of lung cancer.

Blantyre, Malawi: Kick-Off meeting of the CICERO Project on #ChildhoodCancer in Sub-Saharan Africa, with Prinses Máxima Centrum voor kinderoncologie & partners from sub-Saharan #Africa. Funding from Government of Netherlands. Mission: to address knowledge gaps around childhood #cancer in sub-Saharan Africa.