Starting date: January 2022
Work Programme
The aim of the Population-Based Long-Term Surveillance (LTS) IARC–Japan Team is to develop research activities to:
- investigate the association between dietary and lifestyle factors and risk of specific cancer sites;
- identify associations between lifestyle risk factors and overall and cancer mortality among cancer survivors; and
- gather evidence about improved prognosis for cancer survivors.
This research is based on two existing cohorts:
The Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study (JPHC) cohort
(https://epi.ncc.go.jp/en/jphc/)
The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort
(https://epic.iarc.who.int/)
The JPHC and EPIC studies have very similar design, in terms of exposure assessments, availability of information on cancer incidence and mortality, and existing biobanks with biological material stored for large proportions of study participants. The studies are different in their source populations, with diverse and complementary lifestyle and biological profiles. The LTS Team also seeks collaborations with prospective studies within the United States National Cancer Institute Cohort Consortium and the Asia Cohort Consortium.
Team Composition
Team Leaders: Dr Norie Sawada, Senior Visiting Scientist, Nutrition and Metabolism Branch (NME), IARC
Division of Cohort Research, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control (NCCICC), Tokyo, Japan
Dr Heinz Freisling, Nutrition and Metabolism Branch (NME), IARC
Emails: nsawada@ncc.go.jp, FreislingH@iarc.who.int
Team members:
Dr Hadrien Charvat (Visiting Scientist, CSU; NCC Japan)
Dr Pietro Ferrari (Branch Head, NME)
Dr Marc Gunter (Senior Visiting Scientist, NME; NCC Japan)
Dr Mariko Hanafusa (Scientist, NCC Japan)
Dr Mayo Hirabayashi (Scientist, NCC Japan)
Dr Inge Huybrechts (Scientist, NME)
Dr Rieko Kanehara (Scientist, NCC Japan)
Dr Madoka Kishino (Postdoctoral Fellow, NCC Japan)
Dr Tomohiro Matsuda (Senior Visiting Scientist, CSU; Division of International Health Policy Research, NCCICC, Japan)
Dr Isabelle Soerjomataram (Deputy Branch Head, CSU)
Ms Karina Zaluski (Administrative Assistant, NME)
Key networks: Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study (JPHC), European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), Asia Cohort Consortium, United States National Cancer Institute Cohort Consortium