The publication of this book would not have been possible without valuable contributions from a large number of people.
First, our thanks go to the interviewees, who freely and generously provided their personal memories and viewpoints on the work of IARC and from whose interviews we selected short quotations: Vladimir Anisimov, Bruce Armstrong, Helmut Bartsch, Norman Breslow, Walter Davis, Nick Day, Jacques Estève, Andrew Hall, Nan Higginson, Manolis Kogevinas, Gilbert Lenoir, Julian Little, Tony McMichael, Ruggero Montesano, Nubia Muñoz, Max Parkin, Richard Peto, Thierry Philip, Keiji Saita, Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, Ann Shannon, Benedetto Terracini, Christian Trépo, Hiroshi Yamasaki, and David Zaridze. The interviews will be presented elsewhere in a more complete form.
In addition to those interviewees who have previously worked at IARC or collaborated scientifically with the Agency, we also received valuable assistance and insights from Christophe d’Astier de La Vigerie, Geoffroy d’Astier de La Vigerie, François Blancpain, Francis Latarjet, and Jacques Latarjet. The authors would particularly like to thank Francis Latarjet for permission to use photos relating to his father, Raymond Latarjet.
Special thanks are also due to George Klein, who was a member of the first IARC Scientific Council, which met in September 1965, and who also participated in the planning discussions for the new Agency before its creation, for sharing his memories of those formative discussions.
Bruce Armstrong was kind enough to read the full text and thus provide an external check on the content.
For assistance in the preparation of the content of the book, we extend our thanks to Freddie Bray, François Deloche, Roland Dray, Jacques Ferlay, Susan Haver-Legros, Reetta Holmila, Isabelle Soerjomataram, and Véronique Terrasse.
We gratefully acknowledge the constant and skillful support and friendly collaboration of the IARC production team: Natacha Blavoyer (production assistant), Jessica Cox (proofreader), Sarah Dunbar-Khelifi (publishing assistant), Nicolas Gaudin (managing editor), Teresa Lee (knowledge manager), Sylvia Lesage (publishing assistant), and Karen Müller (English editor).
Finally, the design and layout of the book were created by the firm Messaggio, which ensured the elegant look of the volume.