The State of CARcinogen EXposure (CAREX) in Asia

Rationales and Objectives

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has evaluated more than 900 agents and classified more than 400 as known or suspected carcinogens. Of these, 168 individual agents and 18 exposure situations (particular jobs or industries) are found in occupational environments. Accordingly, much epidemiological study of the carcinogenic properties of various agents occurs in occupational settings, where exposures are often higher than in the general environment. In both occupational and environmental settings, exposure to known and suspected carcinogens is modifiable, and measures aimed at reducing or eliminating exposures will contribute to a lower risk of developing cancer in the future.

At the 10^th APOCP General Assembly, the importance of addressing the occupational and environment exposure to known carcinogens was highlighted, and a future event related to carcinogen exposure was approved.

This event follows the 10th APOCP’s General Assembly meeting recommendation and aims to address the magnitude of exposure to established carcinogens throughout countries of Asia and Pacific. The symposium goal is to develop a network of scientist interested in CARcinogens EXposure (CAREX) from different countries of Asia with an ultimate goal of helping establish the registry of exposure to established IARC  Group 1, 2 carcinogens.

Symposium objective is mainly networking:

Bringing together scientists, government regulators from around Asia and pacific Region, the CAREX Symposium provides a forum to discuss, address and plan for future achievements in identifying, mapping, tagging of carcinogens in our environment. The Symposium program delivers exclusive networking and engagement opportunities with influential participants in one convenient and extraordinary venue. The ultimate aim of this symposium is to establishing a re-occurring event of CAREX symposium in Asia and Pacific parallel to others APOCP’s regional and Asia wide scientific conference and activities. 

Other Objectives:

• Discuss the challenges of the CARrcinogen EXposure (CAREX) in Asia.
• To develop a comprehensive understanding of how can Carcinogen exposure can be minimized
• To provide a forum that different countries of Asia present their experience of risk management and regulation in regard to known carcinogens.
• To map the public health magnitude of risk of exposure to environmental and occupational exposure to ambient carcinogens in the environment 
• To develop a network of scientists and administrative involved in the carcinogen regulation throughout countries of Asia.
• To help develop a new source of information about carcinogens magnitude, exposure quantity and circumstances, risk assessment and management in different population in Asia.

Target Audience:

• Cancer control and prevention scientists
• Environmental and Occupational Epidemiologist and hygienist 
• Regulatory and risk monitoring officers
• Biochemist and cellular and molecular scientists who work on carcinogenesis mechanism

Organizers and Sponsors:

• Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention (APOCP), Kolkata, India
• West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention  (APOCP’s West Asia Chapter), Iran
• National Cancer Control Charity Foundation, Tehran, Iran
• Asian National Cancer Centre Alliance, Tokyo, Japan.
• Central Asian Cancer Institute,  Astana, Kazakhstan.

The Scientific Committee

Keynote Speakers:

Dr. CHERYL PETERS Co-Principal Investigator, CAREX Canada	Dr. M. Schubauer-Berigan Deputy Branch Head The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)

The Core APOCP Team

DR. LE TRAN NGOAN, Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam	Dr. Alireza Mosavi JarrahiShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran	Prof. David Roder University of South Australia, Australia	Dr. Maqsood Siddiqi Cancer Foundation of India, India	Kishore Kumar Pradhananga Kathmandu Cancer Center, Bhaktapur ,Nepal	Prof. Sue Park Seoul National University, Seoul, S. Korea
Dr. Anotone Barchak Petrov Research Institute of Oncology, Russia	Dr. Suleeporn Sangrajrang National Cancer Institute, Bangkok Thailand	Prof. Dr. shamsul azhar shah Faculty of Medicine University Kebangsaan Malaysia	Prof. Nurbek Igissinov Central Asian Cancer Institute, Astana Kazakhstan.	Prof. Elsayed I. Salim Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt	Prof. Manami InoueThe University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan

Asian pacific Journal of Environment and Cancer (APJEC)

Country Presenters

South Korea:

Malaysia

Thailand:

Russia:

India:

Kazakhstan:

Iran:

Vietnam:

Turkey:

Sir Lanka

The Theme and Tentative Program

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has evaluated more than 900 agents and classified more than 400 as known or suspected carcinogens. Of these, 168 individual agents and 18 exposure situations (particular jobs or industries) are found in occupational environments.  The Symposium is going to organize its theme and program so that all carcinogens are addressed.  The following topics will be extensively covered in different sessions:

• The Burden of Carcinogens Exposure in different population of Asia
• Carcinogenesis: Mechanisms, identification, and Manifestations
• Carcinogens:
  • Chemical substances
  • Acetaldehyde,[2] found in alcoholic beverages
  • Aflatoxins
  • 4-Aminobiphenyl
  • Aristolochic acids, and plants containing them
  • Arsenic and inorganic arsenic compounds[note 1]
  • Asbestos
  • Azathioprine
  • Benzene
  • …
• Physical agents and Radiations
  • Phosphorus-32, as phosphate
  • Plutonium
  • Radioiodines, short-lived isotopes
  • Radionuclides, α-particle-emitting
  • Radionuclides, β-particle-emitting
  • Radium-224
  • Radomn products
• Environment and carcinogens
  • Asbestos
  • Silica
  • Diesel Engine Exhaust
  • Welding Fumes
• Biological agents:
  • viruses
  • bacteria
  • Worms
• Prevention strategies and carcinogen and exposure monitoring and registry

Participation in the Meeting

There will be two categories of scientists who is a want to participate:

1. Participant who want to have a live presentation in the symposium.  These participants need to send an abstract for the meeting.  Abstract will be evaluated and decided on. Abstract accepted for oral pretension will have the chance to present live online in one of the sessions. Accepted abstracts must be presented during the session and already have his slides prepared and sent to organizing committee for preparation. The details on how to prepare the presentation will be sent to the applicant later. To send an abstract, please click on this link, register, and then you will be prompted for abstract submission.

1. Participant who just want to participate with no presentation. This category of participant must register with meeting to participate.  There is no registration fee for participation. Each session is limited to 100 participants.  Due to technical limitation, the first come, first served strategy will be applied. The first comers are those who register for the meeting earlier. To register,  please click on this link.

REGISTER

Young Investigator Awards

In order to encourage young investigators to present their research, there will be five  awards of 300 US dollars to be given to five young scientists with the best presentation in the different categories of the carcinogens. A panel of experts who constitute the prize committee will decide on selecting the candidate for the prize. The candidate will be selected from those who present their research live in the meeting. The decision about the candidate will be announced at the closing ceremony on the last day of the event.

The Young Investigator Awards is supported by the APOCP’s West Asia Chapter .

West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), APOCP’s West Asia Chapter

The Symposium Agenda is divided into two sessions. The first session will be held on Dec. 15th, 2021 and the second session will be held on Dec. 20th, 2021. The details of the sessions are as follows:

Download a PDF file of the agenda