Trained by IARC, a network of IARC GICR Regional Trainers are available to assist countries with support.
IARC GICR Regional Trainers are part of a global network of experts who support in-country capacity building.
They serve as faculty in GICR courses, assist with consultations, and contribute to new educational resources. For more information, see GICRNet.
CanReg Experts provide technical assistance for IARC’s software for cancer registries. CanReg is a free, open-source program that was first released in 1986; CanReg5, the latest version, was launched in 2010.
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Coding and Staging Experts provide technical assistance in the classification of cancer and in staging for cancer registries. The international coding standard of ICD-O-3 is used as the reference, and Essential TNM is used for staging.
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Data Quality Experts are available to provide training and technical assistance to registries. Assessments are used to help improve the accuracy, timeliness, and completeness of data.
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Data analysis experts have the capacity to organize courses, transfer knowledge and lead on local capacity building activities to use, analyse PBCR data, disseminate the results produced from the analysis.
Click to view data analysis expertsMinistry of Health, Fiji
Kuwait Cancer Control Center, Kuwait
Petrov National Medical and Research Centre of Oncology, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
National Institute of Cancer, Ukraine
Phramongkutklao College of Medicine Thailand
Tata Memorial Centre India
Registre de Cancer de Bamako, Mali
Izmir Cancer Registry, Turkey
National Cancer Registry, Uruguay
AFRCN Childhood Cancer Registry Project, Rwanda
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Cancer Registry of Bucaramanga Metropolitan Area, Colombia
Registro Poblacional de Cáncer – Pasto, University of Nariño, Colombia
Public Health Directorate, Turkey
National Cancer Registry, Kyrgyzstan
National Cancer Registry Zimbabwe
Registre du Cancer, Service de Santé Publique Nouvelle Caledonie
Registre du Cancer d'Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Kumasi Cancer Registry, Ghana
Ministère de la Santé, Cabinet du Ministre Chef de l'Unité de gestion et de transfer des connaissances (UGTC), Burkina Faso
Golestan Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Moi University, Kenya
Azores Cancer Registry, Portugal
Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Japan
Central Cancer Registry, Republic of Korea
Barbados National Registry for Chronic Non-Communicable Disease (BNR)
Casablanca Cancer Registry, Morocco
Registro Hospitalario de Cáncer, Valdivia, Chile
Osaka International Cancer Institute, Japan
Deputy of Research, Cancer Research Center, Cancer Institute of Iran, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Cancer Unit, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
National Cancer Center, Div. of Int'l Health Policy Res./ Saku Central Hospital, Japan
Central Cancer Registry, Republic of Korea
Setif Cancer Registry, Algeria
Lautoka Hospital, Fiji
Division of Population Research, INCA Brazil
Registro Hospitalario de Valdivia, Chile
Barbados National Registry for Chronic Non-Communicable Disease (The BNR)
National Cancer Registry, Trinidad and Tobago
Metropolitan Lima Cancer Registry, Lima, Peru
Unitat d'Epidemiologia i Registre de càncer de Girona (UERCG), Pla Director d'Oncologia. Departament de Salut Girona, Spain
Cancer Institute (WIA), India
National Cancer Center/ Cancer Hospital, China
Registre du cancer Annaba CHU Annaba Algeria
Cancer Inst (W.I.A) Chennai, India
Caribbean Public Health Agency
Ministry of Health, Tonga
Izmir Cancer Registry, KIDEM, Turkey
Health System Development National Cancer Centre, Thailand
Izmir Cancer Registry, Turkey
United Arab Emirates (UAE) National Cancer Registry
Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial Ecuador
Roi-Et Hospital, Thailand
Ministry of Health Eswatini
