Breadcrumb News and updates News and updates Find all the latest news, blogs, resources and more on cancer control from UICC, its global membership and partners. Spotlight on Air pollution: an existential crisis reversing decades of progress in cancer control UICC urges action on World No Tobacco Day to prevent 2.5 million tobacco-related cancer deaths How tobacco and lung cancer are related in Mexico: a story without a happy ending By: Kenji Lopez Cuevas News and announcements Podcast "Let's talk cancer": Inequities in access to essential medicines and global shortages Commemorating a decade of Bristol Myers Squibb employees cycling for cancer research Air pollution: an existential crisis reversing decades of progress in cancer control View all news and announcements Blog articles A parent's perspective on the urgent need for innovation and policy reform to fight infections By: John Alter How tobacco and lung cancer are related in Mexico: a story without a happy ending By: Kenji Lopez Cuevas The essential role of patient expertise in improving the cancer journey By: Angela Grezet-Bento de Carvalho, Claire Allamand View all blog articles Cancer in the news Hope for Syrian cancer patients as cross-border treatment resumes in Turkey Source: The Guardian US doctors forced to ration as cancer drug shortages hit nationwide Source: BBC Youth vaping 'fast becoming epidemic', children's doctors warn as they call for ban on disposable vapes Source: Sky News/MSN UK Pollutionwatch: why reducing air pollution is a ‘bargain investment’ Source: The Guardian Multi-cancer blood test shows real promise in NHS study Source: BBC Billions is spent on cancer research globally – but is it money well spent? Source: The Conversation Upcoming events See all events Suggest an event 15 May - 30 June Lyon , France Organiser(s): International Agency for Research on Cancer See details 16 October - 17 October Long Beach , United States Organiser(s): Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) See details Featured resources Author(s): Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) Download ( 9.13 MB ) Author(s): Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) Download ( 1.95 MB ) Author(s): Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) Download ( 8.35 MB ) View all resources Last update Friday 02 June 2023 Share this page