Institut National du Cancer (INCA)

The French National Cancer Institute is a health and science agency dedicated to cancer. Placed under the umbrella of the Ministries of Health and Research, it brings together all of the players involved in the fight against cancer in France, to enable a long-lasting, coordinated national policy against cancer. It operates on an interdisciplinary basis, with the aim of federating, uniting and mobilising players and resources around joint projects. The Institute is a public expertise agency (produces or co produces regulatory documents) whose means of actions are the implementation of partnerships with and through the existing public and/or private structures of Care, Public Health and Research, and calls for proposals. The Institute covers the whole spectrum of the fight against cancer and has four main areas of interventions: - Public Health: Implement a better cancer prevention strategy and diagnose cancer earlier - Care: Guarantee access to top-quality care for all, in line with the principle of equity - Research: Make innovation and progress more accessible - Public information: Bring the means to participate in the fight against cancer to everyone (general public, patients, health care professionals) The Institute's aspiration is to help lower mortality due to cancer and improve the quality of living for people with cancer. The Institute has been a full UICC member since 2006.