News

1. Final Achievement Report and a very positive Rapporteur Review are available for TRANSCOLONCAN

   Monday, 12 December 2022

    

2. TRANSCOLONCAN Final dissemination video available!

   Friday, 9 September 2022

   Check our final dissemination video that functions as summary of achieved results and experiences based on interviews to selected participants during the final meeting in Barcelona this past June 2022.

3. ColoMARK – new MSCA network

   Tuesday, 26 July 2022

   Members of TRANSCOLONCAN will launch from November on the MSCA Doctoral Network ColoMARK. ColoMARK has been awarded for 2.6M€ to foster a new generation of young researchers with outstanding multidisciplinary skills.

4. New educational videos from the COST Association available

   Friday, 1 April 2022

   New educational short videos produced by the COST Association about Communication and Dissemination, Training schools, Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs), Inclusiveness Target Countries (ITC) Conference grants, A day in the life of a Grant Holder Manager, and COST 50 years of science without border

5. IARC’s educational platforms

   Monday, 8 November 2021

   The IARC Learning portal provides access to a wide variety of learning and training resources intended for continuous professional development of cancer researchers and health professionals.

   

6. IARC’s video about cancer risk prediction and stratification

   Monday, 25 October 2021

   A recent study demonstrated that incorporating polygenic risk scores can improve the accuracy of cancer risk prediction compared with predictions based on information on modifiable and demographic risk factors only. The study also demonstrated that individual changes in modifiable risk factors, such as smoking or body mass index, can meaningfully reduce the risk of most cancer types regardless of genetic predisposition.

7. Liquid Biopsy Congress

   Wednesday, 20 October 2021

   The 3rd annual Congress of the International Society of Liquid Biopsy will be held in virtual format on 22 October 2021.

   

8. Science in 1 minute: What is genetic predisposition

   Thursday, 6 May 2021

9. Special issue entitled "Novel Insight in the Ethology of CRC: Genetics, Diagnosis, Management and Risk Assessment"

   Wednesday, 5 May 2021

   The COST Association is launching virtual networking tools to complement the current activities and improve virtual collaboration during the current pandemic.Dr Mev Dominguez-Valentin, participant of COST Action TRANSCOLONCAN from the Norwegian Radium Hospital in Oslo, has been appointed, together with Dr Pål Moller, guest editor of the special issue in the Cancers journal entitled "Novel Insight in the Ethology of CRC: Genetics, Diagnosis, Management and Risk Assessment

   

10. New Virtual Networking Tools

    Thursday, 29 April 2021

    The COST Association is launching virtual networking tools to complement the current activities and improve virtual collaboration during the current pandemic.