In conjunction with International Women’s Day and today’s launch of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Breast Cancer Initiative, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has released an IARC Evidence Summary Brief about the African Breast Cancer – Disparities in Outcomes Study (ABC-DO). This report, titled “Breast Cancer Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa”, is the first in a series of scientific Evidence Summary Briefs published by IARC to call attention to the findings of evidence-based studies in key aspects of cancer prevention.
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IARC Press Release 296
New report highlights key measures to improve breast cancer outcomes in sub-Saharan AfricaDownload PDF
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Evidence Summary Brief about ABC-DO
Breast Cancer Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa, IARC Evidence Summary Brief No. 1Download PDF: English, French
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IARC and the WHO Global Breast Cancer Initiative
In a new video to mark International Women’s Day, the launch of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Breast Cancer Initiative, and the publication by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the first IARC Evidence Summary Brief, about the African Breast Cancer – Disparities in Outcomes Study (ABC-DO), Dr Valerie McCormack of the Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch at IARC gives an overview of the goals of the Global Breast Cancer Initiative and describes one of the studies on breast cancer survival coordinated by IARC.Dr Valerie McCormack, Scientist, Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch
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