Trained by IARC, a network of IARC GICR Regional Trainers are available to assist countries with support.
IARC GICR Regional Trainers are part of a global network of experts who support in-country capacity building.
They serve as faculty in GICR courses, assist with consultations, and contribute to new educational resources. For more information, see GICRNet.
CanReg experts provide technical assistance for IARC’s software for cancer registries. CanReg is a free, open-source program that was first released in 1986; CanReg5, the latest version, was launched in 2010 (click to view CanReg experts).
Coding and Staging experts provide technical assistance in the classification of cancer and in staging for cancer registries. The international coding standard of ICD-O-3 is used as the reference, and Essential TNM is used for staging (click to oding and staging experts).
Data Quality experts are available to provide training and technical assistance to registries. Assessments are used to help improve the accuracy, timeliness, and completeness of data. (click to view data quality experts).
Data analysisexperts have the capacity to organize courses, transfer knowledge and lead on local capacity building activities to use, analyse PBCR data, disseminate the results produced from the analysis. (click to view data analysis experts).
Childhood cancer regional trainers are available to provide training and technical assistance on registration, coding, quality assurance, analysis and use of childhood cancer data in population-based cancer registries. (click to view childhood cancer experts).