The international collaboration for cancer classification and research ic3r translating research findings into clinical and diagnostic management. The international agency for research on cancer iarc is part of the world health organization iarc coordinates and conducts both epidemiological and laboratory research into the causes of human cancer the agencys work has four main objectives monitoring global cancer occurrence identifying the causes of cancer. The international agency for research on cancer iarc is the specialized cancer research agency of who established in may 1965 by a resolution of the world health assembly the agency is a multidisciplinary research institute with expertise in epidemiology laboratory sciences biostatistics and bioinformatics