International Agency for Research on Cancer

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cancer research agency intergovernmental organization specialized agency of the World Health Organization

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is a specialized cancer research agency of the World Health Organization that coordinates and conducts international studies on the causes, prevention, and control of cancer.

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instanceOf cancer research agency ⓘ
intergovernmental organization ⓘ
specialized agency of the World Health Organization ⓘ
abbreviation International Agency for Research on Cancer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: IARC
affiliation United Nations system ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
coordinatesWith national cancer registries ⓘ
public health agencies worldwide ⓘ
country France ⓘ
employs international expert working groups ⓘ
fieldOfWork biostatistics ⓘ
cancer classification ⓘ
cancer epidemiology ⓘ
cancer etiology ⓘ
cancer prevention ⓘ
cancer registries ⓘ
cancer screening ⓘ
environmental health ⓘ
global cancer surveillance ⓘ
occupational health ⓘ
public health ⓘ
toxicology ⓘ
focusesOn cancer prevention strategies ⓘ
evaluation of environmental carcinogens ⓘ
evaluation of lifestyle-related carcinogens ⓘ
evaluation of occupational carcinogens ⓘ
global cancer burden estimation ⓘ
identification of carcinogenic hazards to humans ⓘ
foundedBy World Health Organization ⓘ
hasMethodology hazard-based carcinogenicity evaluation ⓘ
hasResearchProgram Biostatistics and Methodology ⓘ
Cancer Surveillance programme ⓘ
Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology ⓘ
Genetic Epidemiology ⓘ
Laboratory Sciences ⓘ
Monographs programme ⓘ
Nutritional Epidemiology ⓘ
Screening and Early Detection ⓘ
headquartersLocation Lyon ⓘ
surface form: Lyon, France
inception 1965 ⓘ
legalStatus WHO specialized research agency ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time ⓘ
memberOf United Nations Development Group ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Sustainable Development Group
mission to coordinate and conduct research on the causes of cancer ⓘ
to coordinate and conduct research on the control of cancer ⓘ
to coordinate and conduct research on the prevention of cancer ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
parentOrganization World Health Organization ⓘ
produces Cancer Incidence in Five Continents ⓘ
GLOBOCAN cancer incidence and mortality estimates ⓘ
IARC Monographs on the Identification of Carcinogenic Hazards to Humans ⓘ
World Cancer Report ⓘ
scope international ⓘ
subjectOf cancer policy debates ⓘ
scientific publications on carcinogen classification ⓘ
website https://www.iarc.who.int ⓘ

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International Agency for Research on Cancer → abbreviation → International Agency for Research on Cancer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: IARC
Center for Global Health → collaboratesWith → International Agency for Research on Cancer ⓘ