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Cancer Surveillance Branch

1. Global Cancer Observatory
        GCO Cancer Today, Globocan 2018
2. ACCIS: Automated Childhood Cancer Information System
3. CI5: Cancer Incidence in Five Continents
4. CRICCS: Cancer Risk in Childhood Cancer Survivors
5. GICR: Global Initiative for Cancer Registry Development
6. IICC: International Incidence of Childhood Cancer
7. NORDCAN: Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Prevalence and Survival in the Nordic Countries
8. SURVIVAL: International Cancer Survival Benchmarking
9. WHO Cancer Mortality Database

Genomic Epidemiology

Genomic Epidemiology Branch

1. HEADSpAcE: Translational Studies of Head and Neck Cancer in South America and Europe
2. ILCCO: International Lung Cancer Consortium
3. InterCHANGE: The role of HPV, genetics, tobacco and alcohol consumption in the etiology and clinical outcome of head and neck cancers in Latin America

Nutrition and Metabolism

Nutrition and Metabolism Branch

1. EDSMAR: Determinants of Breast Cancer in Morocco study
2. EPIC: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
3. Exposome-Explorer Database
4. PRECAMA study: Molecular Subtypes of Premenopausal Breast Cancer in Latin American Women
5. SABC: South Africa Breast Cancer study

Laboratory Support, Biobanking, and Services

Laboratory Support, Biobanking, and Services

1. BCNet: Biobank and Cohort Building Network
2. IARC Biobank

Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology

Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch

1. ABC-DO: African Breast Cancer-Disparities in Outcomes study
2. AGRICOH: A Consortium of Agricultural Cohort Studies
3. ARCH: Agenda for Research on Chernobyl Health
4. ASBEST CHRYSOTILE COHORT STUDY: Occupational exposure to chrysotile in workers in mines and processing facilities in Asbest, Russian Federation
5. Cancer Prevention Europe
6. CLIC: Childhood Leukemia International Consortium
7. CO-CHER: Cooperation on Chernobyl Health Research
8. COSMOS: Etude de cohorte sur l′utilisation des téléphones portables et santé
9. ECAC: European Code Against Cancer
10. EPI-CT: International pediatric CT scan study
11. ESCCAPE: Oesophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma African Prevention Research
12. GALnet: The Global Acute Leukaemia network
13. The INTERPHONE study
14. International Consortium on Mammographic Density
15. TM-NUC: Thyroid Monitoring after Nuclear Accidents
16. SEMI-NUC project: Prospective cohort study of residents near the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site – feasibility assessment
17. SYNERGY: A pooled analysis of case-control studies on the joint effects of occupational carcinogens in the development of lung cancer

Epigenomics and Mechanisms Branch

Epigenomics and Mechanisms Branch

1. EpiChildCan: Identifying epigenetic markers of childhood cancer risk
2. MUTSPEC 2.0 project: Toxicogenomics and functional impact of carcinogen exposure in humans and experimental models

Early Detection, Prevention, and Infections

Early Detection, Prevention, and Infections Branch

1. CanScreen5: Cancer Screening in Five Continents
2. Cancer Screening at IARC
3. HPV-AHEAD: Role of human papillomavirus infection and other co-factors in the etiology of head and neck cancer in Europe and India

Evidence Synthesis and Classification

Evidence Synthesis and Classification Branch

1. IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention
2. IARC Monographs on the Identification of Carcinogenic Hazards to Humans
3. WHO Classification of Tumours Series (WHO Blue Books)
4. International Collaboration for Cancer Classification and Research (IC3R)

Learning and Capacity-Building

Learning and Capacity-Building Branch

1. Learning and Capacity-Building
2. IARC Learning