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Training course in cervical cancer screening and treatment by thermocoagulation, Abidjan, Ivory Coast

16/07/2018 – 19/07/2018
The Screening Group organized a training course at the Institut National de Santé Publique (INSP), Abidjan, Ivory Coast, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health to train the medical providers involved in the Care4Afrique project. Dr Chami Youssef from the Lalla Salma Foundation and Ms Lobna Boulegroun attended this training.

Conference: 4th St. Petersburg International Oncology Forum “White Nights 2018”

05/07/2018 – 08/07/2018
Dr Muwonge was an invited speaker at the conference to present about breast cancer screening opportunities and challenges.

Principal investigators meeting for the HPV vaccination study to evaluate the effectiveness of one, two, and three doses of quadrivalent HPV vaccine in preventing cervical neoplasia, Kolkata, India

02/07/2018 – 03/07/2018
The Screening Group organized this meeting for all principal investigators, programme managers, and key collaborators from the study sites involved in this project, to discuss Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) recommendations, study progress, and recent findings.

Field visits in India for the HPV vaccination study to evaluate the effectiveness of one, two, and three doses of quadrivalent HPV vaccine in preventing cervical neoplasia

24/06/2018 – 04/07/2018
Mr Eric Lucas and Ms Cecile Le Duc conducted field visits to study sites in Sikkim, Mizoram, and Delhi to discuss the project’s implementation, progress, and challenges.

Conference: Congrès international sur la prévention et le dépistage du cancer, Sétif, Algeria

22/06/2018 – 23/06/2018
Dr Sauvaget attended this conference and worked on a protocol of the Colorectal Cancer Screening Demonstration Project for Algeria.

Visit of Dr Anita Gadgil, Dr Susan Cherian, and Dr Surita Kantharia, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute University, Mumbai, India

11/06/2018 – 16/06/2018
Drs Gadgil, Cherian, and Kantharia visited the Screening Group to discuss the development of a new atlas on mammography and early detection of breast cancer.

Conference of the Chinese Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, Shenzhen, China

25/05/2018 – 27/05/2018
Dr Basu was the keynote speaker at the 4th Conference of the Chinese Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology.

Training course for master trainers in cervical cancer prevention, Dhaka, Bangladesh

19/05/2018 – 24/05/2018
Dr Basu conducted a training course for master’s students in collaboration with the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. He was also involved in revising the national cervical cancer screening protocol.

New publication: “Effectiveness of HPV vaccination against high grade cervical lesions in Japan”

18/05/2018
A study initiated in 2016 by the Screening Group describes the increasing incidence rates of cervical cancer and the low uptake of HPV vaccination among Japanese women. The study, published in the journal Vaccine, reports the effectiveness of HPV vaccine against the development of high-grade cervical lesions and is based on Japanese population-based cancer screening data. View the publication.

Visit of Mr Mariano Tomatis, CPO Piemonte, Turin, Italy

12/05/2018 – 16/05/2018
Mr Tomatis visited the Screening Group to work on the CanScreen5 project.

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