The International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care (ISNCC), founded in 1984, is an international
federation of:
• National cancer nursing societies
• Regional cancer nursing societies
• Oncology institutions
• Individual cancer nurse practitioners, researchers, and educators

Globally, ISNCC represents over 60,000 cancer nursing professionals. ISNCC is a non-governmental member of the World Health Organization (WHO), is affiliated to the International Council of Nurses (ICN) and the International Union Against Cancer (UICC), and is a member of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

The mission of ISNCC is the protection and preservation of health and the relief of cancer related
sickness, and the promotion and coordination of the activities of cancer nursing through the
advancement and improvement of:
• The delivery of nursing care to people affected by cancer
• Education in cancer nursing
• Nursing research, including the publication of the useful results of such research

The vision of ISNCC is to be the voice of oncology nursing in the international arena.

The objectives of ISNCC are to:
• Provide a communication network for national and regional cancer nursing societies
• Provide nurses working in countries where a national cancer nursing group has not been
established with regular communication on developments in cancer nursing throughout
the world
• Assist nurses working in cancer care to establish national cancer nursing societies and
regional organizations
• Support other international organizations by acting as a valuable international resource of
nurses working in clinical practice, education, research and management to advise them
on cancer nursing and the nurse's role in cancer care
• Serve as a link for other international, regional, national and local organisations in
promoting collaboration to achieve ISNCC's goals
• Promote the dissemination of advances in cancer care through ISNCC's official
publication - International Cancer Nursing News

ISNCC became UICC full member in July 2009.