The international federation of cervical pathology and colposcopy (IFCPC) in collaboration with the IARC organized the first African simulated workshop on electrical surgical excision using LLETZ on women screened positive with precancer cancer in the University teaching hospital (UTH), Lusaka, Zambia. This is part of a full course with theoretical, practical and clinical training and 16 trainees will now begin the practical course after this simulation. View the IARC news and the Youtube video

This course was organized in collaboration with Cachar Cancer Hospital and research centre, to improve skills of the 16 staffs involved in the new IARC project, Accelerating Breast Cancer early DEtection in India (ABCDE-India). This training focussed in breast specimen handling and staining for core-biopsy and cytology, to learn to prepare, process and stain the FNAC sample appropriately, to learn to prepare cell block from aspirated contents from breast lesion and improve their skills in preparing immunohistochemistry (IHC) slides from tissue blocks and immunocytochemistry slides from cell blocks. Training course was a mixed of virtual and face to face sessions.

The CanScreen5 Train the Trainers learning programme for Latin American countries has held its fifth live session. This session included a keynote lecture from Dr Ben Anderson, from the World Health Organization, on the Global Breast Cancer Initiative. The participants also reviewed the questionnaire on barriers to cancer screening that will complement the qualitative and quantitative information on cancer screening that they collect. All this information will allow the preparation of a road map to improve cancer screening for each of the countries involved in the training, namely Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala and Uruguay. This live session is the last in the three trainings conducted in Latin America and the Caribbean, and in which 27 countries have participated overall.
Learn more on the CanScreen5 project

The IARC Cervical Cancer Image Bank website is launched today, to accelerate innovation and ensure the quality of machine learning algorithms for the early detection of cervical precancer and cancer. The launch of this new image bank, on 17 November 2021, marks the first anniversary of the launch of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer as a Public Health Problem.
Visit the IARC Cervical Cancer Image Bank website and read IARC News.

The CanScreen5 Train the Trainers learning programme for Latin American countries has held its third live session. This session included a keynote lecture from Dr Raúl Murillo, from the Centro Javeriano de Oncología in Colombia, on a consensus on indicators for cervical cancer screening in Latin America. The eighteen participants from Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala and Uruguay also discussed the cancer control measures in place in their countries. Additionally, the CanScreen5 data collection forms were presented and will be discussed in the next live session in two weeks' time.
View the CanScreen5 collection tools.

The fourth CanScreen5 Train the Trainers learning programme has held its first live session. The fourteen participants from five countries attended a keynote lecture from Dr Mauricio Maza, PAHO regional advisor for cancer prevention and control. Dr Maza presented the situation of cancer control in Latin America and explained the ongoing projects in the region.
Learn more about the CanScreen5 platform and our project to reduce inequalities in cancer screening in CELAC region.

What are the consequences of COVID-19 for cancer screening? What challenges have been encountered by countries? What could be turned into an opportunity, and what lessons have been learned? Could the lessons learned help countries to “build back better”? The webinar addresses these questions and provides examples from low-income and high-income countries. Professor Joakim Dilner and Dr Partha Basu discussed about COVID-19 and cancer screening during this webinar chaired by Dr Iacopo Baussano.
View the webinar and the self-pace module.

The CanScreen5 Train the Trainers learning programme has been presented to Latin American countries and will start this week. This will be the fourth training within the CanScreen5 project and so far 97 representatives from 39 countries have participated in a facilitated module blending online modules and live sessions. Thirty one countries have already submitted data on their cancer screening and it is being progressively uploaded on the CanScreen5 website after validation. The self-paced learning programme is publicly available in English and Russian, and under development in Spanish and French.

WHO launched a publicly accessible web-based platform, the knowledge repository, intended to provide one-stop access to documents and tools relevant to support the implementation of the Global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem. The repository brings together knowledge elements developed by WHO, UN Agencies and other intergovernmental organizations, or by their collaborative efforts with other partners. View the platform

This new WHO guideline, launched today, is designed to help countries make faster progress, more equitably, on the screening and treatment of cervical pre-cancer lesions for cervical cancer. It includes some important shifts in WHO’s recommended approaches to cervical screening, and includes a total of 23 recommendations and 7 good practice statements.
View the publication

We are pleased to announce the availability of the publication of IARC Technical Publication No. 45: “Colposcopy and treatment of cervical precancer” by Walter Prendiville and Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan in Web format. See IARC Technical Publication 45. View the book and the web format.

This atlas is an online manual that describes the use of VIA as primary screening teest or as a test to triage HPV-positive women, and provides techniques or to determine eligibility for ablative treatment.
View the digital atlas and the atlas flyer

IARC Summer School 2021 applications are now open! Courses will be held fully online this year, offering a unique opportunity to learn and benefit from IARC’s expertise from anywhere in the world! Two modules will be offered this year: “Introduction to Cancer Epidemiology” and “Implementing Cancer Prevention and Early Detection”. Application deadline: 1 March.
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Continuation of the CanScreen5 Train the Trainers African course, with participants from 17 African countries. The CanScreen5 Train the Trainers course aims to contribute to the creation of a dynamic global network of master trainers capable of training health care providers on cancer screening program monitoring, evaluation and quality improvement and also to contribute data to the CanScreen5 project. Today, Dr P. Basu, deputy head, Early Detection, Prevention and Infections (EPR) Branch, addressed a key not lecture about Cancer screening during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about the CanScreen5 platform.

Continuation of the CanScreen5 Train the Trainers African course, with participants from 17 African countries. The CanScreen5 Train the Trainers course aims to contribute to the creation of a dynamic global network of master trainers capable of training health care providers on cancer screening program monitoring, evaluation and quality improvement and also to contribute data to the CanScreen5 project. Today, Dr R. Sankaranarayanan, IARC Senior Visiting Scientist, Former IARC Head of the Section of Early Detection and Prevention and Special Advisor on Cancer Control, addressed a key not lecture about the pragmatic implementation, monitoring and evaluation of early detection programmes. Learn more about the CanScreen5 platform.

In this new tutorial video, we are delighted to present the Cancer Screening in Five continents (CanScreen5) platform. View the CanScreen5 platform and the website tour video.

Continuation of the CanScreen5 Train the Trainers African course, with participants from 17 African countries. The CanScreen5 project is designed to be an instrument to improve the quality of cancer screening programmes by providing training and critical feedback regarding data analysis to the collaborators. We expect that, through capacity building, collaborators will gain knowledge on implementing, monitoring, evaluation and improving the quality of cancer screening; and that by analyzing their own data they will gain insights on how to propose improvements to the programme. Today the course participants followed a live demonstration conducted by Eric Lucas about CanScreen5 data submission. Learn more about the CanScreen5 platform.

In this video, Dr Partha Basu, Head of the Screening Group at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), presents the Atlas of visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid for screening, triage, and assessment for treatment and explains important aspects of cervical cancer screening and assessment. This digital atlas is one such important publication that describes the use of visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid (VIA) as a primary screening test or as a test to triage women who test positive for oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) types, and explains how application of dilute acetic acid to the cervix can help in determining eligibility for ablative treatment. The atlas, which is freely available on the IARC website, was also published on 17 November 2020 to mark the launch of the Global Strategy. View the atlas and the video.

Continuation of the CanScreen5 Train the Trainers African course, with participants from 17 African countries. Participants of this training already completed the following e-learning modules: Principle of cancer screening, planning and implementing a cancer screening programme, and quality of cancer screening programme. Today, Dr Sharon Kapambwe, Cancer Assistant Director, Cancer Control, Ministry of Health, Zambia, addressed a key not lecture about the Zambian experience for cervical cancer screening. Learn more about the CanScreen5 platform and the IARC learning platform.

To mark the official launch by the World Health Organization of the Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is pleased to announce the launch of a new digital atlas, the Atlas of visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid for screening, triage, and assessment for treatment. The objectives of the new atlas are to describe the use of visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid (VIA) as a primary screening test or as a test to triage women who test positive for oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) types, and to explain how application of dilute acetic acid to the cervix can help in determining eligibility for ablative treatment. View the digital atlas, the IARC news, the IARC page about WHO Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer.

Continuation of the CanScreen5 Train the Trainers African course, with participants from 17 African countries. The CanScreen5 Train the Trainers course aims to contribute to the creation of a dynamic global network of master trainers capable of training health care providers on cancer screening program monitoring, evaluation and quality improvement and also to contribute data to the CanScreen5 project. Today, Dr Loubna Abousselham, Cancer Prevention and Control Unit, Non-Communicable Diseases Department, Ministry of Health, Morocco, addressed a key not lecture about the implementation of early detection of breast and cervical cancer national programmes: Moroccan experience. Learn more about the CanScreen5 platform.

Continuation of the CanScreen5 Train the Trainers African course, with participants from 17 African countries. This course has been designed using a blended learning approach, i.e. an approach that uses a mix of e-learning and in-person activities. Today, Dr Suleeporn Sangrajrang deputy director, health system development, National Cancer Institute, Thailand, addressed a key not lecture about cancer screening experience from Thailand. Learn more about the CanScreen5 platform.

Beginning of the virtual training to improve participants' knowledge and skills in screening with visual inspection with acetic acid and treatment of precancerous lesions of the cervix within the framework of Care4Afrique project. This training is organized in collaboration with the CHU Mel de Cotonou, the Foundation Claudine Talon, the Foundation Lalla Salma and the IARC Screening group.

The CanScreen5 Train the Trainers African course, with participants from 17 African countries, aims to contribute to the creation of a dynamic global network of master trainers capable of training health care providers on cancer screening program monitoring, evaluation and quality improvement and also to contribute data to the CanScreen5 project. Dr Jean-Marie Dangou from WHO-AFRO was the first keynote speaker and presented the webinar: "Cancer Screening in Africa - Where are we now?"

Dr Partha Basu, head of the screening group, supports the new academic initiative of Indian College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (ICOG) and will participate to the inauguration of the Journal club on 9th September 2020 at 5pm Indian time.
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The proposal led by the IARC Screening Group "Comprehensive Learning Programme on Screening, Diagnosis and Management of Cervical Precancer" was selected among the twenty first course proposals submitted from WHO-wide colleagues to be developed and become part of the WHO Academy's initial course offerings in 2021-2022. View the 90-second pitches of their course ideas in rapid succession.

Registration is now open for trainees wishing to attend the online edition of the IFCPC-IARC Training Course in Colposcopy and the Prevention of Cervical Cancer. Visit the IFCPC website for more details and registration form. This is an exciting new opportunity for medical personnel wishing to train in colposcopy and prevention of cervical cancer with 30 lectures by world renowned experts in the field. The course provides comprehensive, multimodal training incorporating theoretical knowledge and image recognition. Course commences from 20^th April 2020. See also the online training course brochure.

Registration is now open for trainees wishing to attend the 2020 edition of the IFCPC-IARC Training Course in Colposcopy and the Prevention of Cervical Cancer. Visit the IFCPC website for more details and registration form. This is an exciting new opportunity for medical personnel wishing to train in colposcopy and prevention of cervical cancer with lectures by world renowned experts in the field. The course provides comprehensive, multimodal training incorporating theoretical knowledge, image recognition and hands-on clinical skills followed by an exit examination and a certificate of course completion for successful trainees. Course commences on 1^st May 2020. See also the training course brochure.

Dr Partha Basu presented within the framework of the ECHO project, the medical digital Indian platform attended by Indian gynaecologists, a virtual seminar about Preventing Errors on Colposcopy: Limitations of colposcopy and quality assurance.

The Screening Group co-organized this third training course in collaboration with the Cancer Institute/Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CICAMS) for the ASEAN countries, with 41 attendees and faculty members from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam.
View the IARC News and learn more about the CIACMS-IARC joint training course.

The Education and Training Group has launched the IARC Learning portal, an online space that hosts learning resources to support the professional development of cancer researchers and health professionals. The IARC Learning portal is organized around several thematic platforms, like cancer prevention and early detection developed in collaboration with the Screening Group. You will find a large variety of freely accessible resources: self-paced modules, manuals and guidelines, lectures and webinars, visual charts, and materials for trainers.
Visit the IARC Learning portal.

The publication "Atlas of colposcopy – principles and practice", IARC CancerBase No. 13 published in 2017 is now available in Chinese language following support of Dr Long Sui team from Fudan University, Shanghai, China and the Chinese Society for Colposcopy and Cervical pathology (CSCCP).
《阴道镜图谱：原理与实践》由国际癌症研究机构于2017年发布，在上海复旦大学隋龙教授团队的支持下，翻译后的中文版本已经出版。和中国优生科学协会阴道镜和宫颈病理学分会和中国优生科学协会阴道镜和宫颈病理学分会
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Dr Vitaly Smelov and Andre Carvalho participated in this course which is part of a joint programme funded by the European Union on prevention of non-communicable diseases, promotion of healthy lifestyle and support to modernization of the health system in Belarus (BELMED). It is a coordinated project between different UN organizations (UNDP, WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and IARC), in which IARC participates in the implementation of a national breast cancer screening program in Belarus. More detail about this training.

The Screening Group organized this course in collaboration with Ministry of Health (Morocco), the Fes Institut de Recherche sur le Cancer (ICR) and the Fondation Lalla Salma Prévention et Traitement des Cancers to train 20 participants from Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Morocco and Senegal. Dr Catherine Sauvaget and Dr Patricia Villain attended as a faculty members. Training course was a mixed of practical and theoretical sessions.

The newspaper Le Matin reported the new IARC Screening Group initiative in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in Morocco, l'insititut de recherche sur le Cancer (IRC) and the Lalla Salma Foundation for Cancer Prevention and Research.
Read the article.

J-7 avant l'ouverture des classes virtuelles en ligne du CIRC sur la vaccination HPV pour les médecins généralistes de Lyon. Inscrivez-vous sur le site https://paprica-rhone.fr et informez-vous sur le projet PAPRICA.

The Screening Group organized a training course in diagnostic and treatment of breast cancer in collaboration with Institut National D’Oncologie Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah (INO) and Fondation Lalla Salma Prévention et Traitement des Cancers to train the medical providers involved in the Care4Afrique project in Bénin, Côte d'Ivoire and Sénégal. Dr Farida Selmouni attended as a faculty members. Course was a mixed of practical and theoretical sessions about diagnosis (radiology and pathology) and treatment.

Dr Sylla Malvi worked with the Screening Group on the development of training modules about basics of cervical cytology for the IFCPC/IARC course on colposcopy and cervical cancer prevention available online soon.

Nous vous proposons de participer à un atelier interactif d'une heure sans avoir à vous déplacer.
« PAPRICA »: dispositif de formation collaboratif et à distance est construit en deux temps :

• Se préparer : durée de 10 minutes, à faire seul(e), et à n’importe quel moment avant la classe virtuelle.
• Participer à une classe virtuelle : durée maximale d'une heure, en présence d'autres médecins participants tous connectés en même temps depuis leur cabinet (ou tout autre lieu) et d'un animateur de l'OMS.

Information et inscription : https://paprica-rhone.fr

Mr Eric Lucas and Ms Sylvaine Barbier organized the first training session to introduce the REDCap framework including the platform and the IARC specific context in order to create, manage and report on data collection projects in clinical/epidemiological settings.

The Screening Group organized this training course in collaboration with the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) to train 25 master trainers in colposcopy and management of the screen-positive women. Dr P. Basu, Dr R. Sankaranarayanan, Dr R. Mandal, Dr D. Banerjee and Dr M. Vernekar attended as a faculty members with a mixed of practical and theoretical sessions.

Mr Eric Lucas and Ms Sylvaine Barbier organized this first training session to introduce the REDCap framework (Research Electronic Data Capture Software from Vanderbilt University) including the platform and the IARC specific context in order to create, manage and report surveys.

As part of the AICC RCOG Conference in Kolkata, a workshop on early detection of cervical and breast cancer prevention was organized by IARC and International Federation of Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy (IFCPC). Faculty included Dr. R. Sankaranarayanan, Dr Partha Basu, Dr Neerja Bhatla and Dr Theresa Freeman Wong.

Registration of new trainers and trainees for the IFCPC-IARC Training course in Colposcopy and the prevention of Cervical Cancer will be open at the IFCPC-IARC stall at the 33rd Annual Conference of AICC RCOG 2019.
Exciting new opportunities for the trainers and trainees.
For further details about this training and registration.

As part of the 33rd Annual Conference of AICC RCOG 2019, a post-congress workshop will be organized by IARC and IFCPC. Faculty include Dr. R. Sankaranarayanan, Dr Partha Basu, Dr. Neerja Bhatla and Dr. Theresa Freeman Wong.
More details available here for the registration.

This week-long module targeted professionals engaged in public health programs, health policy, cancer research and cancer control, cancer management, and provided a broad perspective on principles and concepts, issues and practice of cancer prevention and early detection and program implementation. The faculty members were a combination of IARC scientists and external invited specialists, in particular from the World Health Organization. Video recordings from main lectures are now available: register by creating a new account on the platform.

This year, for the first time, IARC is opening the content of its Summer School to a wider audience, by posting video recordings of the main lectures on a dedicated online learning space after each day of classes. The aim of the IARC Summer School is to stimulate research in cancer epidemiology and cancer prevention by improving scientific knowledge and developing skills among researchers worldwide. To access the online learning space for Summer School Observers, register by creating a new account on the platform, free of charge.

Dr Partha Basu presented the IARC mandate: generating evidence to inform public health policies. He also summarized the implementation status of EU Council's Recommendation on cancer screening during the Expert Workshop on cancer control organized by the Romanian EU Council Presidency in cooperation with the European Commission.

The Screening Group organized a training course in the Foundation Claudine Talon and in CHU MEL in collaboration with the Governmenent of Benin, Foundation Claudine Talon and the Foundation Lalla Salma to train the medical providers involved in the Care4Afrique project. Dr Partha Basu and Farida Selmouni attended as a faculty members with a mixed of practical and theoretical sessions.

Twenty-four candidates from Albania, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Serbia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan sat an exit examination to complete the comprehensive, multimodal IFCPC/IARC course on colposcopy and cervical cancer prevention. This course is organized by the International Federation of Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy (IFCPC) in collaboration with IARC. The OSCE was supported by UNFPA Regional office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Dr Partha Basu and Dr Srabani Mittal conducted this practical training course to train the trainers within the framework of the project “Diagnostic test accuracy of the low-cost portable magnifying device mobile colposcope in HIV-positive women in Zambia” in collaboration with the Department of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health at the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ), and the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), Switzerland.

Dr Partha Basu conducted a colposcopy training course for 15 gynaecologists in collaboration with GBM American Hospital in Udaipur City.

Dr 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.

This 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.

Dr 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.

The Screening Group team participated as faculty members for this interactive workshop, organized by the Section of Early Detection and Prevention, on implementation of cancer screening programmes, with representatives from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. More details.

Dr Partha Basu conducted a colposcopy training course in Dakar, Senegal, to train gynaecologists from Benin and Senegal, in the framework of the Care4Afrique project.

Dr Sangrajrang Suleeporn, Thailand, outlines how her country’s long collaboration with IARC, including the training of scientists, has helped to improve the understanding of important areas such as epidemiology, prevention, cancer screening programmes and cancer control throughout the entire region.
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The 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.

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.

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.

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.

The Screening Group organized a training course at the Gaspard Kamara district hospital in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the “Servir le Sénégal” Foundation to train the medical providers involved in the Care4Afrique project. Dr Sauvaget attended as a faculty member.

Dr Basu conducted a training course on colposcopy in collaboration with the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, India.

This training course, with participants from ASEAN countries, was organized in collaboration with National Cancer Institute (NCI) Bangkok and the Thai Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (TSCCP). Dr Basu and Dr Sankaranarayanan attended as faculty members.

This training course, with participants from Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Morocco, and Senegal, was organized in collaboration with the Lalla Salma Foundation and the Tata Memorial Centre Rural Cancer Project, Nargis Dutt Memorial Cancer Hospital (NDMCH), India.

Dr Basu conducted a training course in VIA, cryotherapy, and thermal ablation in collaboration with the PRI Group and was supported by WHO.

The Screening Group organized this training course in collaboration with the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute in Kolkata, for gynaecologists from India (Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Sikkim, and Udaipur) and Burundi.

This training course, with 60 medical practitioners from Trivandrum, India was organized in collaboration with the Regional Cancer Cencer (RCC) and the IARC Screening group coordinated by Dr Richard Muwonge, Dr Rajaraman Swaminathan and Dr Devasena Anantharaman. This course introduced epidemiology and medical statistics training programme for oncological clinicians in India.

This training course, with 60 medical practitioners from Trivandrum, India was organized in collaboration with the Regional Cancer Cencer (RCC) and the IARC Screening group coordinated by Dr Richard Muwonge, Dr Rajaraman Swaminathan and Dr Devasena Anantharaman. Main purpose was to introduced epidemiology and medical statistics training programme for oncological clinicians in India.

The Screening Group organized this training course in collaboration with the Cancer Institute/Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CICAMS) with participants from Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam.

Dr Partha Basu contributed to the development of this important training package. View the publication.

The delegation from the Eurasian Cancer Foundation visited the Group to discuss the possibilities for future colposcopy training courses.

The delegation visited the Group to discuss the progress of the IFCPC-IARC training programme in eastern Europe, India, and the Russian Federation.

The Screening Group organized this training session for the local principal investigators and project staff, to officially launch the project and discuss its implementation.

Dr 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.

The 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.

The Screening Group is pleased to announce the publication of the “Atlas of colposcopy – principles and practice”, available online. View the atlas.

The Screening Group organized this training course in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute of Thailand, with participants from Cambodia, Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam.

Drs Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan and Partha Basu attended a national consultative workshop organized by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

The Screening Group organized this training course in collaboration with the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute in Kolkata, India, for gynaecologists from Agra, Mizoram, Sikkim, and Udaipur.

The Screening Group coordinated this week-long module in collaboration with the Prevention and Implementation Group and the Education and Training Group.

This training course, with participants from Bhutan, was organized in collaboration with the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) to provide technical support for the cervical cancer screening programme.

The Screening Group organized this training course in collaboration with the Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CICAMS), Beijing, China, and Inner Mongolia Provincial Health Services.

This training course, with participants from Bangladesh and India, was organized in collaboration with the Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh; the Tata Memorial Centre Rural Cancer Project, Nargis Dutt Memorial Cancer Hospital (NDMCH), Barshi, Maharashtra, India; and the WHO Country Office in Bangladesh.

This training programme was carried out in collaboration with the Fundación Internacional Buen Samaritano Paul Martel (FIBUSPAM) and the Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas (INEN), Peru. The training programme was organized to provide technical support for the pilot cervical cancer screening programme “Proyecto Prevenir Juntos” in Ecuador, which is funded by the International Foundation. FIBUSPAM plans to roll out the screening programme subsequent to the training of their clinicians and nurses by IARC and INEN.

This hands-on course on laboratory pathology techniques was organized in collaboration with the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

The Screening Group organized this hands-on training course in thermocoagulation for master trainer gynaecologists (with participants from China) at the Christian Cancer Centre, Ambilikkai, India.

Dr Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan attended the Bahrain Breast Cancer Forum & Workshop in Bahrain.

Drs Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan and Partha Basu trained the local staff in Udaipur on the field implementation of the protocol for the IMPACD project.

Dr Partha Basu attended this workshop organized in collaboration with the Vietnamese Ministry of Health and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Viet Nam.

This meeting was organized by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, with the support of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Bangladesh, and consisted of a 2-day workshop on cervical cancer.

This training course was organized in collaboration with the Lalla Salma Foundation for Cancer Prevention and Research. Participants included 14 trainees from Morocco and 4 trainees from Gabon.

The Screening Group organized this course for medical officers and nursing officers at colposcopy units in collaboration with the National Cancer Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Nutrition & Indigenous Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka, and the WHO Country Office in Sri Lanka.

The principal investigators (PIs) and programme/field managers from Ahmedabad, Ambilikkai, Barshi, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mizoram, Mumbai, Pune, and Sikkim actively participated in this training course organized by the IARC Screening Group vaccine project team.

Mr Eric Lucas participated in this workshop jointly organized by the CDC Foundation and WHO.

The Screening Group participated as faculty for this training course organized in collaboration with the Thai Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (TSCCP), Thailand, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia.

Dr Partha Basu participated as a faculty member for this training course, which was jointly organized by the International Federation of Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy (IFCPC) and IARC. The initiative received funding from the American Cancer Society.

The Screening Group jointly organized this training course with the Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia, and the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia. Dr Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan participated in the training of 30 Zambian health professionals.

Professor Prendiville visited the Screening Group to discuss the preparation of educational materials and the training of trainers for the IFCPC/IARC Colposcopy Training.

The Screening Group organized this workshop to facilitate the preparation of the Second Report on Cancer Screening in the European Union.

The Screening Group organized this training in collaboration with the DGHS, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh; the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka; and the WHO Country Office in Bangladesh. The main topics were cervical cancer early detection and control (with 100 gynaecologists), breast cancer early detection and control (100 surgeons), and an introduction to cancer early detection and control (114 health service programme managers).

This course on breast cancer management was organized in collaboration with Christian Hospital Ambilikkai and the Cancer Control Foundation of India, Pollachi.

This interactive workshop on cancer control was organized for an official delegation from Lviv, Ukraine: Dr Chechotka Bohdan, Dr Ludchak Volodymyr, Dr Tril Orest, Dr Struk Svitlana, and Dr Shaban Myroslav.