
Les Mery
@mery_les
Global Manager, Global Initiative for Cancer Registry Development (@GICR_IARC), International Agency for Research on Cancer (@IARCWHO)
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15-09-2016 06:59:28
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#GICRcollaboration Myanmar was the 1st #GICR Partner Country. Population-based cancer registries now started in the capital, #Naypyidaw & in #Yangon IARC Bloomberg Philanthropies Vital Strategies Tata Memorial Hospital gicr.iarc.fr/gicr-partner-c… #cancerregistries 4 #evidencebased #cancercontrol

"#IARC data on cancer incidence & mortality have informed key World Health Organization (WHO) products, incl the WHO Report on #Cancer as well as the generation of the Global Strategy toward the Elimination of #CervicalCancer as a #PublicHealth Problem" #cancerregistries #cancerdata for #cancercontrol



Yesterday we started the first GICR at IARC virtual course - TNM and Essential TNM Staging! Marion Piñeros , #GICRNet trainers Karima Bendahou and Wael Shelpai and 14 participants from cancer registries in MENA countries on board. Thanks Union for International #CancerControl Zuzanna Tittenbrun for support IARC Anouk Berger



Here's a great article by colleagues at St. Jude Research on how the #WHOBlueBooks are put together, how this process has changed with new insights, and how they are used by pathologists to benefit #cancer patients blogs.stjude.org/progress/tumor…


NOW ONLINE | New #review published in International Journal of Cancer by Marion Piñeros Marion Piñeros, María Graciela Abriata, Esther de Vries @EstherdeVries16, et al. Read it here! ➡️ doi.org/10.1002/ijc.33… #Cancer #surveillance #PBCR #LatinAmerica GICR at IARC Freddie Bray Les Mery


For our friends & global partners: a safe & joyous end-of-the-year holiday, & a bright & better 2021! Sincerely, GICR Team IARC : Ariana Znaor, Ccf, Eva Steliarova, Fatiha Louled, Freddie Bray Les Mery Marion Piñeros & Dr Elisabete Weiderpass (views are my own) youtube.com/watch?v=60x1fI…




TODAY, 18H CET: #WorldCancerReport Updates: Social Inqualities & Cancer, chaired by Salvo Vaccarella @salvax99 & lectures fr Isabelle Soerjomataram IARC, Prof Diana Sarfati Diana Sarfati Te Aho o Te Kahu | Cancer Control Agency NZ & Dr Ahmedin Jemal of American Cancer Society learning.iarc.fr/wcr/socioecono…



Important meeting with global NCCP experts. GICR at IARC works towards increasing the availability of population-based cancer registry data that are critical throughout the cancer control. Find out more at: gicr.iarc.fr Les Mery Marion Piñeros Freddie Bray

Toronto staging guidelines for PBCR discussed today at the GICR at IARC St. Jude GICRNet Childhood Cancer Registration Masterclass. Toronto staging manual is available from the IACR website: iacr.com.fr/index.php?opti… Les Mery Marion Piñeros Freddie Bray Daniel Moreira IARC


Our @IARC_Dir met President Emmanuel Macron & Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today at the groundbreaking ceremony of the #WHOAcademy. IARC’s Nouveau Centre & the WHO Academy will soon be neighbours in the new global health hub in #Lyon’s #Biodistrict, Gerland


IARC launches Cancer Over Time, a new subsite of Global Cancer Observatory (GCO) that enables interactive visualizations of trends in #cancer-specific incidence & mortality rates in 60 countries over the past 65 years iarc.who.int/news-events/la…
