Patient with a bottle of medicine

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Patient with a bottle of medicine

Concerted and coordinated action is essential to prevent people from dying prematurely of cancer when high-quality, affordable, and effective cancer medicines and treatment are readily available. 
ATOM Coalition leadership team

The Access to Oncology Medicines (ATOM) Coalition was founded in May 2022 by the Union for International Cancer Control and global partners committed to reducing suffering and deaths caused by cancer in low- and lower middle-income countries by improving access to, and use of essential cancer medicines.
Crowd of men and women with hands to their faces as they walk through a heavily polluted area marked by black smoke

Marking World Environment Day on 5 June, UICC highlights the detrimental impact of air pollution on health, including increased cancer risks, akin to smoking tobacco, and emphasises the urgent need to reduce pollution levels and promote healthier lifestyles.
ATOM Coalition: Medicines being dispensed to patient

The Access to Oncology Medicines (ATOM) Coalition ambition's is "to reduce suffering and deaths caused by cancer in low- and lower-middle income countries through improved access to and use of essential cancer medicines".

World Cancer Leaders' Summit 2023

Date and time
16 October - 17 October
Location

Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center
300 E Seaside Way
Long Beach, CA 90802
United States

Organiser(s):
Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
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The World Cancer Leaders’ Summit brings together key decision-makers from around the world and encourages timely debate on emerging issues related to cancer. It provides an important forum to secure a coordinated, multileveled global response to address the spiraling cancer epidemic.

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Harald zur Hausen, Nobel Prize Laureate for Physiology or Medicine 2008, at the 4th International Alumni Meeting at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg

Prof. Harald zur Hausen, who discovered the human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer, passed away on 28 May 2023 at the age of 87.
Used cigarette butts polluting the ground

The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) is calling for greater action on World No Tobacco Day to prevent over 2.5 million cancer-related deaths due to tobacco.
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