| No images? Click here  Tuesday, 27 January 2026 MEDIA ADVISORY World Cancer Day 2026
Ahead of World Cancer Day (4 February), WHO and its International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) will present at an embargoed press conference key findings from an upcoming paper assessing global cancer incidence linked to 30 preventable risk factors. These include tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, high body mass index, insufficient physical activity, air pollution, ultraviolet radiation, selected occupational exposures, and, for the first time in a global risk-factor analysis of this kind, nine cancer-causing infectious agents. What: Embargoed Virtual Press Conference Speakers:
Note: An embargoed Press Release will be shared ahead of the Press Briefing Connection details:
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