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 New publication: Two-dose recommendation for Human Papillomavirus vaccine can be extended up to 18 years – updated evidence from Indian follow-up cohort study13/03/2019This new article, published in the journal of Papillomavirus Research and based on an ongoing multi-centric study in India coordinated by the Screening Group, compares the protection offered against incident and persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in women receiving two or three doses of quadrivalent vaccine at 15-18 years of age. These new results make a strong argument to extend the current World Health Organization two-dose recommendation to 15-18 year old girls. View the article and the IARC news. |
 IARC's International Women's Day Symposium 201908/03/2019To mark International Women’s Day, IARC celebrated women’s contributions to science and supported the role of women in science by hosting the IARC International Women’s Day Symposium 2019. Visit the symposium page |
 Training course on the role of colposcopy in the early detection and prevention of cervical cancer, Udaipur, India05/03/2019 – 08/03/2019Dr Partha Basu conducted a colposcopy training course for 15 gynaecologists in collaboration with GBM American Hospital in Udaipur City. |
 Virtual seminar: Virtual advanced cancer screeening training program for gynecologists on Echo project platform, India07/03/2019Dr Partha Basu presented within the framework of the ECHO project, the medical digital Indian platform, a virtual seminar about colposcopic features of premalignant and malignant changes of cervix attended by Indian gynaecologists. |
 March is colorectal cancer awareness month!06/03/2019Visit our colorectal cancer research projects page to learn more about our work and the early detection of colorectal cancers. Access to this article presenting EU comparative data about performance of ongoing CRC organised screening programmes: view the article. |
 Internship: Mr Fanou Ako Anoumou, University Lyon I21/02/2019 – 30/06/2019Mr Anoumou will complete a 4-month internship within the Screening Group as part of the second year of his master’s degree in the field of public health. He will be involved in the CanScreen5 project for Africa. |
 Meeting: Lung Cancer Europe Roundtable, Brussels, Belgium19/02/2019Dr Andre Carvalho participated in this meeting, to be updated about the European Union policy, current research, and new innovations and recommendations. |
 Training course for master trainers in cervical cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment, Barshi, India18/02/2019 – 22/02/2019This training course, with 13 participants from Morocco was organized in collaboration with the Lalla Salma Foundation and the Nargis Dutt Memorial Cancer Hospital (NDMCH), India. |
 Conference: The Federation of Obstetric & Gynecological Societies of India, wellness of woman, New Delhi, India15/02/2019 - 17/02/2019Dr Partha Basu was the chairperson at the National conference and Training of Trainers programme on National conference of wellness of woman, “Ek Kadam Cancer se Bachao Ki Ore” and delivered presentations about NCDs and Cancer Screening, and management of VIA screened positive participants. Dr Sankaranarayanan presented the Road map for Cervical Cancer Elimination in INDIA and WHO perspective. |
 Visit of Dr Arn Migowski Rocha dos Santos, Chief of the Cancer Early Detection Division, National Cancer Institute (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil12/02/2019 – 15/02/2019Dr Migowski visited the Screening Group to discuss areas of potential collaboration. |