IARC endorses World Declaration for Cancer Research

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has endorsed the World Declaration for Cancer Research and joined a global movement to promote research in order to improve survival rates and the quality of life of patients with cancer. The initiative, launched today in Madrid by the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) and the AECC Scientific Foundation, is also supported by many other international cancer organizations, including the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR), the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH), Cancer Research UK (CRUK), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF-DCS), and the Italian Association for Cancer Research (AIRC).

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