CONTENTS

Foreword

About this book

About the authors

Acknowledgements

The birth of IARC

1965 to 2015: IARC, a unique institution for a changing world

Education and training of cancer researchers

Innovation in statistical methods

Cancer registries: a worldwide endeavour

Cancer patterns, trends, and burden

Carcinogens in the human environment

Nutrition, metabolism, and cancer

From laboratory to population

Viruses and vaccines

Cancer screening and early diagnosis

IARC: the second 50 years

Further reading

Sources

IARC Directors and Council chairs

Enabling research success