IARC scientists coordinate 20 collaborative consortia including a total of 978 partner institutions.
Consortium |
Name |
Focus area |
IARC Role |
No. of partners |
No. of Countries |
IACR |
International Association of Cancer Registries |
Cancer Registration |
Coordinator |
539 |
129 |
ACCIS |
Automated Childhood Cancer Information System |
Childhood Cancer |
Coordinator |
100 |
29 |
ILCCO |
International Lung Cancer Consortium |
Lung Cancer |
Coordinator |
79 |
25 |
AGRICOH |
AGRICOH: A Consortium of Agricultural Cohort Studies |
Pesticides and Cancer |
Coordinator |
29 |
12 |
SURVCAN |
Cancer Survival in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Central America |
Cancer Registration |
Coordinator |
27 |
14 |
CLIC |
The Childhood Leukemia International Consortium |
Childhood Cancer |
Coordinator |
26 |
12 |
EPIC |
The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition |
Nutrition and Cancer |
Coordinator |
23 |
10 |
GICR |
Global Initiative for Cancer Registration Development |
Cancer Registration |
Coordinator |
23 |
6 |
ARCAGE |
Alcohol-related cancers and genetic susceptibility in Europe |
Alcohol and Cancer |
Coordinator |
22 |
12 |
Interphone |
Interphone study |
Mobile Phones |
Coordinator |
17 |
14 |
EPI-CT |
International Paediatric CT Scan |
Medical Radiation and Cancer |
Coordinator |
17 |
11 |
ESTAMPA |
Multicentric study of cervical cancer screening and triage with Human papillomavirus testing |
Cervical Cancer |
Coordinator |
13 |
8 |
BCNet |
Biobank and Cohort Building Network |
Biobank in LMICs |
Coordinator |
11 |
7 |
Synergy |
Pooled analysis of European Case-Control Studies on the Interaction of Occupational Carcinogens in the Development of Lung Cancers |
Lung Cancer |
Coordinator |
10 |
7 |
interCHANGE |
International Consortium on Head and Neck Cancer Genetic Epidemiology- |
Head and Neck Cancer |
Coordinator |
9 |
4 |
HPVC3 |
HPV cancer cohort consortium |
HPV and Cancer |
Coordinator |
9 |
4 |
CPE |
Cancer Prevention Europe |
Cancer Prevention Coordination |
Coordinator |
9 |
6 |
ABC-DO |
African Breast Cancer Research Network – Disparities in Outcomes |
Breast Cancer |
Coordinator |
8 |
8 |
PRECAMA |
Molecular subtypes of premenopausal breast cancer in Latin American women |
Breast Cancer |
Coordinator |
5 |
5 |
ESCCAPE |
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Africa Prevention Research network |
Esophageal Cancer |
Coordinator |
2 |
2 |