Applications open for training courses on registration of childhood cancer

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and partner institutions are now accepting applications for two online courses on the registration of cancer in children. The courses are being organized within the collaborative programme “Targeting Childhood Cancer through the Global Initiative for Cancer Registry Development (ChildGICR)”, which is directed by IARC and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (located in Memphis, Tennessee, USA). Both courses will be held during September 2022.

The first course, for participants working in cancer registries in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, will be streamed online from the Cancer Institute (WIA) in Chennai, India. The second course, for participants working in Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam, will be streamed from the National Cancer Institute in Hanoi, Viet Nam.

The courses will focus on the fundamentals of childhood cancer registration. During online sessions for a total of about 20 hours, the participants will learn about the burden of childhood cancer, data quality control, tumour classification, staging, and the importance of the use of data generated by cancer registries. The faculty consists of international experts in cancer registration and paediatric oncologists.

In each course, 30 spots are available for applicants seeking to acquire or strengthen knowledge on population-based registration of childhood cancer, and to network with their peers.

Online applications are open until 30 June 2022 for the course to be streamed from Chennai, India, and until 15 July 2022 for the course to be streamed from Hanoi, Viet Nam.

The courses will advance the understanding of specific aspects of the registration of cancer in children and will promote childhood cancer registration and the implementation of international standards in geographical areas where data on childhood cancer are sparse. This capacity-building activity will support the production of data required to demonstrate progress in tackling the childhood cancer burden worldwide within the context of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer.

Apply to participate in the course to be streamed from Chennai, India

Apply to participate in the course to be streamed from Hanoi, Viet Nam 

Read more about the ChildGICR collaborative programme 

Read more about the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer