Visitors and news

Dr Partha Basu, Head of the IARC Screening Group and an author of the new study published in The Lancet Oncology, described the trial, the new innovative thermal ablation device to treat cervical pre-cancers and the promising early results.
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Dr Walter Prendiville, Senior visiting scientist at IARC Screening Group, an author of the new study published in The Lancet Oncology, and a key advisor in the development of the thermal ablation device, described why the device was developed and the advantages it offers compared with current treatment options.
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Dr Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, former Screening Group head and currently senior visiting scientist discussed about the HPV vaccine strategy for India in this video recorded by ecancer during the "Choosing Wisely: Value added cancer care for India" conference the 15-16 October 2019 in All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, India.
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The Screening Group co-organized this third training course in collaboration with the Cancer Institute/Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CICAMS) for the ASEAN countries, with 41 attendees and faculty members from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam.
View the IARC News and learn more about the CIACMS-IARC joint training course.

Dr Andre Carvalho and Dr Richard Muwonge participated to the 12th AORTIC Conference focused on Innovation, Strategies, Implementation regarding Cancer in Africa. They presented respectively a research proposal "African Breast Cancer - Interventions on Disparities in Outcomes (ABC-iDO)" and the information needs for monitoring and evaluating cancer screening programs in Africa.

Dr Huang Yubei visited the Screening Group to complete the data analysis and manuscript preparation for the cross-sectional studies on the associations between cancer screening beliefs, knowledge, mental health, and behaviors.

The Education and Training Group has launched the IARC Learning portal, an online space that hosts learning resources to support the professional development of cancer researchers and health professionals. The IARC Learning portal is organized around several thematic platforms, like cancer prevention and early detection developed in collaboration with the Screening Group. You will find a large variety of freely accessible resources: self-paced modules, manuals and guidelines, lectures and webinars, visual charts, and materials for trainers.
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The Screening Group is delighted to present the new policy review article detailing the current status of vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) in India’s cervical cancer prevention published in The Lancet Oncology. The article concludes that a combination of efficient screening programmes and HPV vaccination programmes will be highly conducive to the local and global elimination of cervical cancer.
View the article (free access until 20 December 2019) and the IARC News.

Dr Partha Basu in this Lancet podcast discussed a Policy Review published in The Lancet Oncology on cervical cancer prevention efforts in India especially with the introduction of HPV vaccination.
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The Lancet Oncology published a new editorial in the November 2019 issues with a high focus on cervical cancer elimination: Disparities that persist in terms of access to vaccination and screening will delay worldwide elimination. Editors strongly encourage those in positions of influence to use all tools at their disposal to achieve this.
Read The Lancet Oncology editorial.