Visitors and news

The Screening Group is conducting research to better understand the causes of cancer and to evaluate the most appropriate prevention strategies, diagnostic tools, and treatments to control the disease. In Pune district in Maharashtra, IARC is working closely with national institutions to evaluate the efficacy of fewer than three doses of HPV vaccine in protecting women against cervical cancer. IARC marked the International Day of Rural Women with a short video showcasing one of these research projects under way in rural India. Watch video.

On behalf of the Screening Group, Dr Basu conducted the IARC session on cancer screening in LMICs at the XXII FIGO World Congress of Gynaecology and Obstetrics and participated in a training workshop. Following topics were covered: Cancer screening in the populations with hight HIV prevalence, optimizing treatment of cervical premalignant lesiosn in the LMICs, a pragmatice approach to tackle the growing burden of breast cancer in the LMICs and cervical cancer screening in post-HPV vaccine era in the LMICs.

Dr Sauvaget and Dr Muwonge attended the conference to present the progress of the randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the Liger Thermal Coagulator versus cryocautery and versus large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ) to prevent cervical neoplasia in VIA-positive women in LMICs in Zambia, and an updated meta-analysis to address the feasibility, acceptability, safety, and efficacy of thermal ablation in the treatment of cervical cancer precursor lesions.

Ms Alaoui visited the Screening Group to analyse the databases of different studies implemented in Morocco.

Dr Basu attended the multi-stakeholder meeting on the global strategy towards elimination of cervical cancer.

Dr Abusanuga was awarded the IARC-UICC fellowship and spent 2 weeks in the Screening Group. The purpose of her work is “Situational analysis of the cancer primary prevention efforts: Hepatitis B and HPV vaccination programme in Libya in the last five years”.

Mr Eric Lucas visited the BARC institute to work on the development of a new atlas on mammography and early detection of breast cancer.

Mr Eric Lucas conducted field visits to study sites in Ambilikai, Hyderabad, Barshi, Pune, Ahmedabad, and Mumbai to discuss the project’s implementation, progress, and challenges.

Drs Chaturvedi and Cheung visited the Screening Group to work on the project of the evaluation of the variability in the efficacy of oral cancer screening according to risk of oral cancer.

Dr Ramadas visited the Screening Group to discuss the progress of work on the project “Follow-up evaluation of clinical breast examination screening in a community-based cluster randomized controlled trial in Trivandrum District, India”.