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The Global Initiative for Cancer Registry Development (GICR): Making cancer data count

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The Lancet (@thelancet) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Urgent action is needed to scale-up cancer prevention and care services. Cancer registries can play a crucial role in this. Ahead of #WorldCancerDay, our Editorial explores the benefits and challenges of cancer registries in global cancer care: hubs.li/Q034HVT90

Urgent action is needed to scale-up cancer prevention and care services.

Cancer registries can play a crucial role in this.

Ahead of #WorldCancerDay, our Editorial explores the benefits and challenges of cancer registries in global cancer care: hubs.li/Q034HVT90
IARC (@iarcwho) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The🆕GICR e-learning series has 16 modules covering topics such as data collection, management, & analysis. The series learning through interactive exercises, challenge quizzes, & additional reference materials. Available in 🇬🇧,🇫🇷, & 🇪🇸. gicr.iarc.who.int/e-learning/

The🆕GICR e-learning series has 16 modules covering topics such as data collection, management, & analysis. The series learning through interactive exercises, challenge quizzes, & additional reference materials.
Available in 🇬🇧,🇫🇷, & 🇪🇸.
gicr.iarc.who.int/e-learning/
The Lancet Oncology (@thelancetoncol) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Podcast 📢 "Ariana Znaor on cancer surveillance in the Eastern Mediterranean region" With Ariana Znaor from GICR at IARC and IARC on her recent Policy Review. Find here: thelancetoncology.buzzsprout.com

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#9 and #10 top-cited works of the 21st century 🙌 Big congratulations to the IARC World Health Organization (WHO) Cancer Surveillance team behind the Global Cancer Observatory gco.iarc.fr/en/projects nature.com/articles/d4158… #CancerData for #CancerControl

#9 and #10 top-cited works of the 21st century 🙌

Big congratulations to the <a href="/IARCWHO/">IARC</a> <a href="/WHO/">World Health Organization (WHO)</a> Cancer Surveillance team behind the Global Cancer Observatory gco.iarc.fr/en/projects
nature.com/articles/d4158…

#CancerData for #CancerControl
Global Cancer Observatory (GCO) (@globocan_gco) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Two of our #GLOBOCAN papers are in the top 10 most-cited scientific papers of the 21st century! 🎉 Seeing IARC's global cancer statistics program in this prestigious list confirms our position as the leading source of cancer data for action. 🔗nature nature.com/articles/d4158…

National Cancer Institute of Kenya (@ncikenya) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Heartiest congratulations, Gladys Chesumbai, on achieving your certification as a Global Certified Cancer Registrar! GICR at IARC. The National Cancer Institute of Kenya National Cancer Institute of Kenya is incredibly proud of your accomplishment. We are confident that the expertise you've gained will be

Heartiest congratulations, <a href="/GladysKenya/">Gladys Chesumbai</a>, on achieving your certification as a Global Certified Cancer Registrar! <a href="/GICR_IARC/">GICR at IARC</a>. The National Cancer Institute of Kenya <a href="/NCIKenya/">National Cancer Institute of Kenya</a> is incredibly proud of your accomplishment. We are confident that the expertise you've gained will be
St. Jude Research (@stjuderesearch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Childhood cancer survival rates are below 30% in resource-limited countries, partly due to underdiagnosis and lack of reliable data. A new registry created by St. Jude Global Scholar Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, MD, is addressing this gap in Chennai, India.

Childhood cancer survival rates are below 30% in resource-limited countries, partly due to underdiagnosis and lack of reliable data. A new registry created by St. Jude Global Scholar Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, MD, is addressing this gap in Chennai, India.
Kenya Medical Research Institute (@kemri_kenya) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Are you a cancer registrar in sub-Saharan Africa looking for training & global certification? Join the Nairobi Nairobi Cancer Registry, KEMRI, KEMRI, for a webinar on the #GICR e-Learning platform. ⏳Thu, 8 May 2025 | 2PM EAT 🔗Register: zoom.us/meeting/regist… GICR at IARC #Cancer #Webinar

Are you a cancer registrar in sub-Saharan Africa looking for training &amp; global certification?

Join the Nairobi <a href="/CancerReg_KE/">Nairobi Cancer Registry, KEMRI</a>, KEMRI,  for a webinar on the #GICR e-Learning platform.

⏳Thu, 8 May 2025 | 2PM EAT
🔗Register: zoom.us/meeting/regist…

<a href="/GICR_IARC/">GICR at IARC</a>
#Cancer #Webinar
IARC (@iarcwho) 's Twitter Profile Photo

IARC Handbook Vol 20A & 20B support existing evidence that alcohol’s harms are preventable. Join WHO/Europe & IARC’s 1st webinar: Understanding alcohol and cancer – science and policy 📅 27 May 2025, 15:30–16:30 CEST 🔗Register: who.zoom.us/webinar/regist… WHO/Europe #EWAC

IARC Handbook Vol 20A &amp; 20B support existing evidence that alcohol’s harms are preventable.
Join WHO/Europe &amp; IARC’s 1st webinar: Understanding alcohol and cancer – science and policy 
 📅 27 May 2025, 15:30–16:30 CEST
 🔗Register: who.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
<a href="/WHO_Europe/">WHO/Europe</a> #EWAC
National Cancer Registry Ireland (@irishcancerreg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our Director Prof Deirdre Murray was a speaker at the GRELL–ENCR 2025 Joint Conference today. She presented on “Plans for ICD-O-4 implementation at the NCRI.” With new morphology codes and terms, the transition to ICD-O-4 will affect many areas of the cancer registration process.

Our Director Prof Deirdre Murray was a speaker at the GRELL–ENCR 2025 Joint Conference today. She presented on “Plans for ICD-O-4 implementation at the NCRI.” With new morphology codes and terms, the transition to ICD-O-4 will affect many areas of the cancer registration process.
IARC (@iarcwho) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🆕#IARCpaper estimates global burden of cutaneous #melanoma (CM) caused by excess #UV, incl., for 1st time globally, a method to adjust for acral lentiginous melanoma, a subtype rare among light-skinned ppl but accounts for ~50% of CM in darker-skinned ppl doi.org/10.1002/ijc.35…

🆕#IARCpaper estimates global burden of cutaneous #melanoma (CM) caused by excess #UV, incl., for 1st time globally, a method to adjust for acral lentiginous melanoma, a subtype rare among light-skinned ppl but accounts for ~50% of CM in darker-skinned ppl doi.org/10.1002/ijc.35…
IARC (@iarcwho) 's Twitter Profile Photo

IARC & American Cancer Society launch The #Cancer Atlas, 4th Ed, a landmark publication to shape strategies across the cancer continuum! The Atlas draws on IARC's work to give an overview of cancer burdens, risk factors, & proven measures for prevention & control iarc.who.int/news-events/ia…

IARC &amp; <a href="/AmericanCancer/">American Cancer Society</a> launch The #Cancer Atlas, 4th Ed, a landmark publication to shape strategies across the cancer continuum! The Atlas draws on IARC's work to give  an overview of cancer burdens, risk factors, &amp; proven measures for prevention &amp; control iarc.who.int/news-events/ia…