Access to timely and quality assured cancer treatment is crucial for successful outcomes and decreasing the global cancer burden. Fortunately, new and innovative treatments for many cancers are constantly being developed.

In Portugal, about 400 children and adolescents under 18 years are diagnosed with cancer every year. To help young cancer patients and their parents face some of the challenges, Hernâni Zão Oliveira launched the HOPE project.

The preliminary programme of the 2020 World Cancer Congress in Oman is now available online. It is built around nine themes covering the full cancer control spectrum.

Here is another chance to be part of the 2020 programme. You have until 31st March to submit an impacful advocacy report, a dynamic fundraising campaign or an innovative scientific study. We want to hear from you. By submitting you also have a chance to win an award. 

On the first anniversary of the City Cancer Challenge Foundation, CEO Dr Susan Henshall, thanks health professionals and patients for their valuable contributions.

UICC is pleased to announce the five awardees of the ​​2019 YY study grant call.

In this blog, Rhys Fitzgerald, Site Manager at the ICON Group in Australia, reflects on his experience as the Middleton Scholar for 2019 and talks about the week he spent with UICC in Geneva, Switzerland.

The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) highly welcomes the announcement of Unitaid and Expertise France to intensify cervical cancer prevention in Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Guatemala and the Philippines.

Results from a recent survey reveal that 95% of respondents would recommend UICC membership to another organisation.