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 Visit from Drs Zakia Ghaffouli and Hanane Belcadi Abbassi, Center for Early Detection of Breast and Cervical Cancer, Taza/Fez, Morocco25/09/2017 – 26/09/2017Drs Ghaffouli and Belcadi Abbassi visited the Group to discuss the thermocoagulation research protocol for the early detection programme in Morocco. |
 Section of Early Detection and Prevention (EDP) retreat22/09/2017The Screening Group (SCR) enjoyed spending time exchanging ideas about current and future EDP projects with our colleagues from the Prevention and Implementation Group (PRI). |
 Visit from Dr Somasundaram Subramanian, Professor Valentina Nechushkina, Dr Maria Dardyk, and Mrs Anna Gurina, Eurasian Cancer Foundation, Moscow, Russian Federation20/09/2017 – 22/09/2017The delegation from the Eurasian Cancer Foundation visited the Group to discuss the possibilities for future colposcopy training courses. |
 Visit from Dr Tamar Khomasuridze, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and Professors Walter Prendeville and Maggie Cruickshank, International Federation of Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy (IFCPC)18/09/2017 – 19/09/2017The delegation visited the Group to discuss the progress of the IFCPC-IARC training programme in eastern Europe, India, and the Russian Federation. |
 Presentation of preliminary results of the pattern of care study to the local principal investigators, Rabat, Morocco14/09/2017Drs Catherine Sauvaget and Farida Selmouni presented the results to the principal investigators from Casablanca and Rabat, hosted by the Institut National d'Oncologie (INO) of Morocco. |
 Training session and official launch of the project on factors associated with delayed admission to the oncology centre and late stage at diagnosis in Morocco, Rabat, Morocco14/09/2017 – 15/09/2017The Screening Group organized this training session for the local principal investigators and project staff, to officially launch the project and discuss its implementation. |
 Field visits to Rabat area, Morocco, for colorectal cancer screening pilot demonstration project12/09/2017 – 13/09/2017Drs Catherine Sauvaget and Farida Selmouni conducted field visits to participating primary health centres in the surroundings of Rabat to discuss the implementation of the project. |
 Workshop on cervical and breast cancer screening programme, Ministry of Health, Rabat, Morocco11/09/2017Dr Catherine Sauvaget presented the Screening Group’s recommendations resulting from their evaluation of the current Moroccan national programme of cervical and breast cancer early detection. |
 New publication: “Colposcopy and treatment of cervical precancer”06/09/2017The Screening Group is pleased to announce the publication of IARC Technical Publication No. 45: “Colposcopy and treatment of cervical precancer” by Walter Prendiville and Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan. See IARC Technical Publication 45. View the book. |
 New publication: “Atlas of colposcopy – principles and practice”05/09/2017The Screening Group is pleased to announce the publication of the “Atlas of colposcopy – principles and practice”, available online. View the atlas. |