IARC and the WHO Global Breast Cancer Initiative

In a new video to mark International Women’s Day, the launch of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Breast Cancer Initiative, and the publication by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the first IARC Evidence Summary Brief, about the African Breast Cancer – Disparities in Outcomes Study (ABC-DO), Dr Valerie McCormack of the Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch at IARC gives an overview of the goals of the Global Breast Cancer Initiative and describes one of the studies on breast cancer survival coordinated by IARC.

For more information about IARC, visit https://www.iarc.fr
Read more about ABC-DO https://abc-do.iarc.fr/
Read more about the WHO Global Breast Cancer Initiative https://www.who.int/news/item/08-03-2021-new-global-breast-cancer-initiative-highlights-renewed-commitment-to-improve-survival