What Are the Different Cancer Research Jobs?
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is a cross-government agency affiliated with the World Health Organization. Its office is located in Lyon, France. The agency's main mission is to conduct and promote research into the causes of cancer, as well as to conduct epidemiological surveys and research on cancer worldwide. The agency also compiles monographs on various factors that increase the risk of cancer, including chemicals, mixtures, radiation, physical and biological agents, and living conditions. The health department of each country uses this collection as the scientific basis for controlling carcinogenic factors.
International Cancer Research Agency
- Chinese name
- International Cancer Research Agency
- Abbreviation
- IARC
- Affiliation
- World Health Organization
- Description
- Institutions specializing in various cancers
- The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is a cross-government agency affiliated with the World Health Organization. Its office is located in Lyon, France. The agency's main mission is to conduct and promote research into the causes of cancer, as well as to conduct epidemiological surveys and research on cancer worldwide. The agency also compiles monographs on various factors that increase the risk of cancer, including chemicals, mixtures, radiation, physical and biological agents, and living conditions. The health department of each country uses this collection as the scientific basis for controlling carcinogenic factors.
- Classification of substances
- Category 1: Carcinogenic to humans.
Category 2A: Carcinogenicity may be greater.
Category 2B: Carcinogenicity may be small.
Category 3: Its carcinogenic effect on humans is unknown.
Category 4: Basically no carcinogenic effect on the human body.
- The mission of the International Agency for Research on Cancer is to promote international cooperation in cancer. The participating countries and the World Health Organization, through their institutions, cooperate with the International Alliance Against Cancer and other relevant international organizations to promote and support cooperation at all stages of cancer research. [1]
- World cancer cases to grow by 75% in 2030
- According to a report on June 1, 2012, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), based in Lyon, France, said that due to population growth and lifestyle factors, global cancer cases could increase by 75% by 2030. According to Freddie Bray of the International Cancer Research Agency, 12.7 million people will develop cancer in 2008 and 22.2 million people will develop cancer by 2030, 90% of which will occur in the poorest countries. Bree said that in many countries, the number of cancer cases caused by infections is decreasing, but the number of cancer cases related to Western dietary habits is increasing. [2]