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IARC Prof. Elisabete Weiderpass Vainio visits Lanzhou University

On July 11th, professor Elisabete Weiderpass Vainio, the designate President of IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer the World Health Organization), visited Lanzhou University.President Chunhua Yan met with the guests in the VIP room of the Science Museum.Vice president Li Yumin, and heads of the First Hospital of Lanzhou University and the International Office also attended the meeting.

President Yan expressed his appreciation and gratitude for their research work. He said that cancer research is a huge project as well as a major challenge, and that it is necessary to combine theory and big data together to solve the common health problems faced by human beings by optimized methodologies and techniques. It is only a beginning that the First Hospital of Lanzhou University has cooperated with prof. Vainio and her team in cancer research for five years. LZU expected to create a solid cooperative platform with the World Health Organization and high-level universities and scientific research institutions around the world to carry out in-depth, long-term and pragmatic cooperation.

“Both teams have carried out fruitful cooperation in the field of tumor screening and treatment, and we are looking forward to more excellent results in the future,” Professor Vainio said, “I will also help China to become a member of International Cancer Research Institute of World Health Organization so that to put forward more effective cooperation between the two sides.”

It is reported that through this visit, professor Vainio’s team will further strengthen scientific research cooperation with the First Hospital of Lanzhou University on digestive tract cancer, cervical cancer and breast cancer.

 

(Translated by Li Xingyi; proofread by Zhang Yina; edited by Zhang Yuyuan)