Calum Muir Award
The North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) have awarded Roberto Zanetti, President of the Fondo Elena Moroni and past President of the International Association of Cancer Registries, with the prestigious Calum Muir Award. At a special ceremony at their Annual Conference in New Orleans on 22 June 2023, the award was presented by the current President of NAACCR, and Data Quality Control Director at Cancer Registry of Greater California, Dr Winny Roshala.
Dr Zanetti, who greeted the audience and thanked the NAACCR Board with a video presented during the ceremony, received this award ‘in recognition of his long and distinguished career in cancer surveillance, contributions to the advancement of cancer epidemiology and cancer control, and his outstanding mentorship, vision, and leadership in the field’.
Furthermore, the Calum Muir Award was brought and officially presented by Dr. Betsy Kohler at the ENCR-IACR Conference held in Granada the 14-15 November, 2023.
Alumni Committee Meeting in Granada (Spain)
The Alumni Committee Cabinet is glad to announce that, thanks to the support of Fondo Elena Moroni, a meeting will be held during the ENCR-IACR Conference in Granada (Spain) on Thursday 16 November at 12.30PM CET (GMT +1). All Alumni attending the Conference are warmly invited to join in-person.
In addition the event will be also streamed live via Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87394481347?pwd=dHFCOTF1VmdRUXFkdHU0NU85aVlxQT09, Meeting ID: 873 9448 1347, Password: 1111) to allow participation of those Alumni unable to travel to Granada.
During the meeting the Alumni will have the opportunity to meet some members of the Cabinet, to expand their network and connections and to be informed on the Community past and future activities.
IARC: a new home for the International Agency for Cancer Prevention
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has moved into a new headquarter, the “Noveau Centre” strategically located in the center of Lyon’s Bio district, also home to the WHO Lyon offices and the future WHO Academy.
Its official inauguration has taken place on Friday, May 12, 2023, in the presence of the IARC Governing Council, which is composed of representatives of 27 IARC Participating States and the Director-General of the WHO. On that occasion, the IARC Governing Council confirmed Elisabete Weiderpass for a second five-year term as IARC Director
First Alumni Committee Webinar
The Alumni Committee is glad to invite all interested to join the first AC Webinar to be held via Zoom on Thursday 4 May at 11:30 AM (CEST).
The speakers will be Dr Mojca Birk and Dr Nika Bric from Cancer Registry of Republic of Slovenia and they will present « Tips for Preparing an Understandable and Visually Attractive Presentation and/or Video ».
The event will last an hour and there will be time for questions and lively discussion.
The event will be recorded and attending the webinar you implicitly consent that your contribution will be recorded and eventually posted online on the FEM website and YouTube channel.
Looking forward to see you there!
Join online at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85381132606?pwd=RUgxTnNIYlpaZ2ZMaFMyR0x0ay8rdz09
Honorary Membership
At the closing session of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Association of Cancer Registries (IACR), on the 10th of November 2022, Dr. Stefano Rosso, Jury President of the Enrico Anglesio Prize, has been awarded with the Honorary Membership of the IACR.
This Award goes to individuals who have made a distinguished contribution to the work of IACR, cancer registries, and surveillance. Previously the Honorary Membership was awarded in 2019 to Roberto Zanetti, President of the Fondo Elena Moroni, and Enrico Anglesio in1985, founder of the Piedmont Cancer Registry.
First Global Virtual Alumni Coffee Chat
The AC Cabinet is happy to invite all Alumni to the first global virtual AC Coffee Chat, to be held via Zoom platform on Friday 4 November 2022 at 12:30 (GMT).
The event will be the occasion for Alumni to virtually meet and get acquaintance each others in a relaxed and informal environment and to hear about the last AC Cabinet news!
The meeting will last about one hour and some nice icebreaker activities are planned, so for sure it will be fun!
Join online at
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89053254844?pwd=T3RIREVtd2lxU3VLNjlnWmlETVkzdz09
Follow the seagulls walks
On April 9th and 10th, EAP alumnus Diana Withrow walked 50 miles around the Isle of Wight to raise money for brainstrust, a charity that supports patients with brain tumours and their carers. The charity runs four 50-mile “Follow the Seagulls” walks around the UK, each taking place in April and resuming this year for the first time since the pandemic. Feel free to contact Diana if you would like to try a walk out next year!
Not only cancer: a project for establishing a human milk bank in Romandy, Switzerland
Our friend Ms. Joëlle Vuignier, CEO of Interregional Blood Transfusion SRC, Berne, Switzerland, informed us of an interesting new project co-promoted by her Institute. It concerns the establishment of a bank of human milk, fed by mother donors whose milk would benefit premature infants born to other mothers. Evidence exists that this solution is better than the use of formula milk, in many respects. Experiences of such banks have already existed for decades, all around the globe, and include in some cases the cooperation between neonatology departments, transfusion specialists, and blood banks, the latter bringing their expertise in collecting, storing, and delivering biological liquids.
The project is described in a detailed recent article that appeared on Revue Médicale Suisse (here the Pubmed quotation).
Recent Advances in Vulvar Cancer
A Special issue of Cancers has been dedicated to vulvar cancer, a rare and often neglected malignancy that, however, has been progressively increasing over the last few decades, particularly in women aged 50–60 years. The Special Issue focuses on Vulvar Squamous Cell Carcinoma oncogenesis, clinical features, treatments and offers a review on epidemiological aspects, including occurrence and risk factors.
Here the link to the Special Issue
News from the board
Claudia Allemani, winner of the Anglesio Prize 2008, has recently been promoted to Professor of Global Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.The Elena Moroni Fund congratulates Claudia on this important achievement.
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