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News INCTR Extraordinary General Assembly An Extraordinary General Assembly of Active Members was Held on 13th December to fulfil legal requirements for making minor changes to INCTR’s Statutes. Meeting with CIRB A meeting took place on January 10th with the Centre d’Informatique de la Région Bruxelloise (a component of the Health Ministry) to discuss a role for INCTR in the context of developing a program for breast cancer control in the Rabat-Salé region of Morocco. INCTR will assist in planning, particularly in relationship to the design of a data base. ImPACT Meeting in Sri Lanka Drs Stuart Brown and Gayatri Palat, of INCTR’s PAX program (palliative care) participated in an ImPACT mission to Colombo organized by the Program of Action in Cancer Therapy (PACT) of the International Agency for Atomic Energy (IAEA) to provide recommendations to the government of Sri Lanka with respect to cancer control. IAEA Meeting in Geneva INCTR participated, at the invitation of IAEA PACT, in a meeting entitled: Promoting Affordable Cancer Therapy for Everyone, that took place on January 27th at the Palais des Nations. The purpose of the meeting was to inform members of Permanent Missions of the United Nations and other organizations based in Geneva about the importance of cancer control in developing countries and some of the obstacles that must be overcome. Dr. Magrath spoke on Capacity Building: Strengthening Expertise and Preventing Brain Drain. INCTR’s Governing Council and Annual General Meetings The Annual General Meeting and Governing Council meeting took place on 9th February. INCTR would like to thank Professor Harald zur Hausen, who, resigned from the Council after serving two terms of office, for his many efforts on behalf of INCTR. Dr. zur Hausen was elected as an active member. First Meeting of OERC INCTR has been asked to take a leading role in the establishment of a consortium to develop Open Educational Resources for Cancer, with a particular emphasis on developing countries. The first meeting of the core group, spearheaded by i-Bharthi Health, an NGO established by Raj Shah, Chairman and CEO of CTIS (and provider of INCTR’s web portal), took place in Leesburg, Virginia, USA on 17th February. The meeting was led by Anil Srivastava (President of i-Bharthi Health), Larry Lessin (project leader) and Raj Shah. INCTR USA On 18th February, Dr. Magrath visited the headquarters of INCTR USA in Philadelphia, and met with Dr. Richard Pestell, President INCTR USA and Helen Lane, who is devoting some of her time to fund raising for INCTR USA. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) On 19th and 20th February, Dr. Magrath attended AACR’s International Committee meeting, and gave an overview of cancer control in developing countries. Meeting in Morocco on Breast Cancer Control From 17th to 19th February, Sabine Perrier-Bonnet, project officer for INCTR’s French branch, Alliance Mondiale contre le Cancer, attended a meeting in Morocco on breast cancer control and signed, on behalf of INCTR, a Memorandum of Understanding with the Lalla Salma Association against Cancer (which organized the meeting) to work together in the development of the program in the Rabat-Salé region. Conference in Kampala in Honor of Denis Burkitt INCTR participated in a Conference on Burkitt lymphoma held in Kampala from 25th to 28th February to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Denis Burkitt’s description of the tumor that now bears his name. Ms. Adde presented the preliminary results of INCTR’s project on the treatment of African Burkitt’s lymphoma in three countries, and Dr. Magrath gave a summary of the evolution of the understanding of the biology and treatment of Burkitt lymphoma as presented at the meeting. Symposium on Pediatric Palliative Care Members of INCTR’s PAX Program organized a symposium on Pediatric Palliative Care as part of the regional meeting of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology that took place in Muscat, Oman. The symposium, which was sponsored by NCI’s Office of International Affairs, took place on 25th February and included presentations on INCTR’s programs in India and Nepal. European School of Oncology (ESO) Conference in Mumbai INCTR participated in a conference organized by ESO on Leukemias; Molecular Insights into Treatment Paradigms that took place on 7th - 9th March. INCTR was also represented on the scientific committee of the meeting which was considered part of the evolving relationship between INCTR and ESO. SEMCO-ASCO Conference in Cairo Mark Lodge and Professor Ama Rohatiner represented INCTR in a conference jointly organized by the South and East Mediterranean College of Oncology and the American Society of Clinical Oncology that took place in Cairo on 26th to 28th March. The theme of the conference was Cancer in the Older Population in the SEMCO region.
Digital Manual for the Early Diagnosis of Oral Neoplasia Oral cancer is an important public health problem worldwide and is the number one cause of death from cancer among men in India. Examination of the oral cavity should be an integral component of any thorough routine physical examination as it provides precious insight into a person’s overall state of health. Unfortunately, it is often not the case. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has produced a digital atlas, which contains over 400 color pictures for use by and training of medical practitioners, nurses, dentists and primary health care providers. It is not intended to be either exhaustive or encyclopaedic. It focuses on facilitating early diagnosis of oral premalignant and early malignant lesions by familiarizing health care providers on commonly encountered oral lesions and their differential clinical diagnosis. Special attention is drawn to pitfalls in clinical diagnosis and interpretation. The Manual is available on http://screening.iarc.fr/atlasoral.php 
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