Male cancer patient at the Istanbul Oncology Institute Turkey, illustrating cancer survivorship and the need to hear the voice of cancer patients to improve support in cancer care

Three women from UICC member organisations speak about their experience with cancer and how it led to improving cancer support services in their country.
Prof. Anil D'Cruz, President of the Union for International Cancer Control, speaking at a UICC World Cancer Leaders' Summit

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for stronger health systems and universal health coverage in order to prevent further avoidable deaths, UICC President Prof. Anil D'Cruz writes in Project Syndicate.
Pile of cut tobacco with cigarettes on dollar bills.

Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of cancer today. While the regulatory tools exist to reduce it consumption, there are significant financial hurdles to overcome to see effective measures implemented.
Image shows surgeon at work, emphasising the importance of comprehensive healthcare on in cancer control

UICC members in Indonesia and Thailand talk about how cancer control and care is integrated in their national healthcare systems.
Cigarette end burning with ash forming a dollar sign, emphasising the huge profits generated by the tobacco industry and the heavy influence they use to undermine policy changes and more effective tobacco regulation

Tobacco control is essential to reducing cancer incidence. The first UICC Virtual Dialogue on the topic held on 12th May provided valuable insight into how to unite the efforts of the cancer and tobacco control communities to implement effective regulation.
Hand of African man holding a cigarette, emphasising the need for tobacco control

As the tobacco industry renews efforts to exert influence, Hayley Jones of the McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer emphasises the use of legal and regulatory tools such as the FCTC to fight the tobacco epidemic.

Cervical Cancer Elimination series - Estimating and responding to the...

Date and time
16 June
Location

Virtual event - online
1202 Geneva
Switzerland

Organiser(s):
WHO ,
Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
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Cervical cancer is one of the gravest threats to women’s well-being and lives worldwide, despite being a preventable disease. One woman dies from this cancer every two minutes.
Person holding a blister pack of medicine

As pathogens become ever more resistant to antimicrobial drugs such as antibiotics, people living with cancer run a growing risk of adverse treatment outcomes, including death from an infection, even though their cancer is treatable.
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