国こく際さいがん研けん究きゅう機き構こう

Written forms

• 国こく際さいがん研けん究きゅう機き構こう

  Standard Japanese name for the International Agency for Research on Cancer, using がん in kana.

• 国こく際さいガン研けん究きゅう機き構こう

  Variant with ガン in katakana; less common but still used.

• 国こく際さい癌がん研けん究きゅう機き構こう

  Variant using the kanji 癌; this character is not in the Jōyō kanji list and is often avoided in official names.

Etymology

Compound of 国際 (international), がん (cancer), 研究 (research), and 機構 (agency/organization). A direct translation of the English name.