Conferences: Royal Society of Medicine and London School of Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom18/11/2018 – 22/11/2018Dr Basu spoke at the Global Oncology Day (Royal Society of Medicine) and gave a lecture at the DTMH (London School of Tropical Medicine). |
Meetings at Jichi University, Medical School, Saitama, Japan08/11/2018 – 11/11/2018Dr Sauvaget visited Jichi University to collaborate on the impact of the low vaccination uptake in Japan on health economics. |
Project: Evaluation of Colorectal Cancer Screening in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran06/11/2018The enrolment of first participants of this population-based pilot demonstration project of colorectal cancer screening using iFOBT started in the different primary health centers in the Tehran region. More detail. |
Training course on planning and implementing cancer control programmes, Nanning, China05/11/2018 – 09/11/2018The Screening Group organized this second training course in collaboration with the Cancer Institute/Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CICAMS) for the ASEAN countries, with participants from Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Nepal, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Viet Nam. |
Expert meeting on the introduction of HPV vaccine in Assam state, India. Organized by the Tata Trust in Mumbai, India29/10/2018Dr Basu and Dr Sankaranarayanan attended the meeting as experts. |
Expert meeting, National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC), Tbilisi, Georgia23/10/2018 – 27/10/2018Mr Eric Lucas participated in an expert meeting at NCDC to provide technical advice about how to set up a breast, cervical, and colorectal electronic cancer screening registry in Georgia. |
Visit of Dr Deborah Watson-Jones, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Mwanza, Tanzania, and Dr Aimee Kreimer, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Rockville, USA23/10/2018Dr Watson-Jones and Dr Kreimer visited the Screening Group to present the DORIS trial evaluating a single dose of bi- and 9-valent HPV vaccines and to work on an immune bridging study between IARC/NCI and DORIS. |
Meeting: “imPACT Expert meeting”, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria22/10/2018 – 24/10/2018Dr Sauvaget and Dr Sankaranarayanan attended the imPACT Expert Meeting to review imPACT methodology for assessing national cancer control capacities and needs. |
Conference: International cancer prevention and control and the 60th anniversary of the cancer hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CICAMS), Beijing, China19/10/2018 – 20/10/2018Dr Sauvaget attended the international conference and the 60th anniversary of the cancer hospital. |
Video: A community-based breast cancer screening project in Kerala, Trivandrum, India18/10/2018In India, the Screening Group is conducting research to better understand the impact of screening with clinical breast examination on early-stage detection of breast cancer in Kerala. Watch video. |