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Live streaming of the GRELL Meeting
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Asian Regional Course on Cancer Registration and Descriptive Epidemiology: Principles and Methods, Dharmais National Cancer Center, Jakarta, Indonesia. May 4th - 8th
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2013 GICR CanReg Webinar series. Webinar 2 – Installation and Setup, April 23rd
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2013 GICR CanReg Webinar series. Webinar 1 – Introduction to CanReg, March 26th
The first 2013 CanReg webinar will be an introduction to CanReg
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IACR 35th Annual Meeting
The International Association of Cancer Registries (IACR) 35th annual meeting will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 21-23 October 2013. The deadline to submit an abstract is 15 April.
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World Cancer Day 2013. Cancer - Did you know?
As every year on 4 February, World Cancer Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) support the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) in promoting ways to reduce the global burden of cancer.
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IARC Press Release: 1 in 2 countries unprepared to prevent and manage cancers
More than half of all countries worldwide are struggling to prevent cancer and provide treatment and chronic care to cancer patients, warns a recent World Health Organization (WHO) survey for World Cancer Day. This means, currently many of these countries do not have a functional cancer control plan that includes prevention, early detection, treatment and care. There is an urgent need to help countries to reduce cancer deaths and provide appropriate long-term treatment and care to avoid human suffering and protect countries’ social and economic development.
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CanReg Webinar 6 : Customization and Management
Presentation, Slides and Q&As available in the Resources section

Quality improvement and basic analysis of information in population-based cancer registries in Latin America
IARC Regional Course, Cali (Colombia), October 15 – 20, 2012
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GICR Webinar series. Webinar 6 – Customization and Tailoring, Tuesday 11 December, 2pm CEST
The last CanReg webinar this year on customization and tailoring will examine topics suggested by users. If you would like a particular topic to be addressed during the December 11 webinar, please send your request to gicr@iarc.fr by 6 December
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IARC Summer School in Cancer Epidemiology 2013 (deadline for applications: 14 January 2013)
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Inauguration of the first IARC regional Hub for cancer registration
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GICR Webinar series. Webinar 5 – Data Analysis, Monday 22 October, 2pm CEST
The fifth webinar in the series will be focused on data analysis
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CanReg Webinar 4 : Presentation available
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European Cancer Observatory (ECO)
The European Cancer Observatory platform is a one-stop web-based tool for accessing, analysing and downloading European cancer data
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World Cancer Fact Sheet
Cancer Research UK and the International Agency for Research on Cancer, in the framework of the World Cancer Leaders’ Summit, published a new world cancer factsheet.
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Cancer registration advocacy factsheet
Effective communication between cancer registries and clinicians: Working together to improve patient outcomes
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GICR Webinar series. Webinar 4 – Data Entry, Tuesday 4 September, 2pm CEST
The fourth webinar in the series will be focused on data entry
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GICR at the UICC 2012 World Cancer Congress
A parrallel session on the GICR will be held at the UICC 2012 World Cancer Congress
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GICR Webinar series. Webinar 3 – Presentation available
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GICR Webinar series. Webinar 3 – Q&As available
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GICR Webinar series. Webinar 3 – Slides available
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GICR Webinar series. Webinar 3 – Migrating data from CanReg4, Thursday 31 May, 2pm CEST
The third webinar in the series will cover the migration process from a CanReg4 database to CanReg5
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World Health Assembly side event "NCD surveillance: the foundation of a global framework", May 22
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IACR Annual Conference - Abstract deadline is 18 May
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CanReg Webinar 2 : presentation and slides available
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GICR Webinar series. Webinar 2 – CanReg Setup and Installation, Tuesday 27 March, 2pm CEST
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UICC World Cancer Congress - Call for Abstracts and Travel Grants opportunities - deadline 29 March
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CanReg Webinar 1 : Presentation and slides available
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GICR Webinar series. Webinar 1 – CanReg Overview, Thursday 16 February, 2pm CET
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Cancer registries: Information for Action in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Course on Cancer Registration and Descriptive Epidemiology: Principles and Methods: (Second Announcement)
2nd Announcement
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First Announcement: Course on Cancer Registration and Descriptive Epidemiology (Asia)
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GLOBOCAN 2008 Update: Cancer prevalence estimates are now available
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IARC Summer School in Cancer Epidemiology 2012 (deadline for applications: 16 January 2012)
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Questionnaire to ascertain the advocacy needs of cancer registry personnel
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The Lancet Oncology - News: Recent developments for cancer care in Africa
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International cancer community welcomes Global Initiative for Cancer Registry Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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