In February this year there was a significant announcement from the European Commission – the Joint Research Centre (JRC) launched the European Cancer Information System (ECIS), the result of several years’ work to integrate data from European cancer [more]
In California, coffee will soon have to carry a label stating that the beverage can cause cancer: a court decided to impose the warning because of the presence of acrylamide in the drink. The compound [more]
Countries across the world need to prepare for a 60% rise in cancer incidence over the next two decades. Freddie Bray Head of Cancer Surveillance at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) told [more]
Understanding how cancer wreaks its havoc on the human body is important for the head of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, but his main concern is how to stop it. In the 30 [more]
As a young epidemiologist, Peter Boyle once had to give a talk on trends in smoking-related cancer, having lost his father to the disease that same morning. Now head of the IARC, his great strength [more]