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Attendees network and discuss at the World Cancer Congress 2022

UICC unites cancer professionals and policy makers in premier events like the World Cancer Congress and World Cancer Leaders’ Summit and raises awareness and catalyses personal, collective and government action through World Cancer Day.

World Cancer Day 4 February

World Cancer Day is the one singular initiative under which the entire world can unite together in the fight against the global cancer epidemic. It takes place every year on 4 February.

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2022 World Cancer Congress

A biennial event, the World Cancer Congress serves as a platform for discourse and advocacy as well as a learning and sharing opportunity for our members and partners around the world.  

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The World Cancer Leaders’ Summit is a major biennial high-level policy meeting dedicated exclusively to furthering global cancer control.

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World Cancer Day 2024

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World Cancer Leaders' Summit 2023

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09 May
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10 May
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11 May
Manila , Philippines
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Latest news about UICC events

World Cancer Day 2023 demonstrates the power of collective action

Branded World Cancer Day flag on the Mont Blanc bridge in Geneva for World Cancer Day 2023

90 years of working toward closing the gap in cancer care around the world

UICC staff mark the end of the World Cancer Congress 2022. UICC has organised international congresses every two or four years since it was established at a congress in Madrid in 1933.

World Cancer Congress returns to Geneva in 2024

Speaker in front of a large auditorium below a big screen, at UICC's World Cancer Congress in Geneva in 2022

One month to World Cancer Day 2023!

Campaign image for World Cancer Day, featuring WCD and UICC logos, a white man and a young Middle Eastern woman with headscarf

Best of Congress sessions now available to the general public

UICC President Elect Ulrike Årehed Kågström speaks at a plenary session at the World Cancer Congress 2022 in front of a giant backscreen

UICC's World Cancer Congress 2022 Summary Report is out!

Band sings in front of a crowd, backlit by a purple screen with the words "World Cancer Congress". Social event at the World Cancer Congress
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World Cancer Day 2023 Impact Report

"Close the care gap": a new campaign addressing inequity in access to cancer care.

World Cancer Day 2022 was a special one. It was the year we kickstarted a new campaign, one that shone a spotlight on the issue of equity in health. This issue is close to my heart and has long been a red thread through all the work that UICC does with the support of its members, partners and cancer networks at large...

 

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About World Cancer Day

"It was a wonderful experience for us (staff and students at CPUT) and we have learnt a lot about how to offer such activities in the future. We received very positive feedback and the activities were a success in many aspects...You will see that we used the World Cancer Day materials - sincere thanks for that.”
About the World Cancer Congress 2018

“The World Cancer Congress 2018 enabled the cancer community to develop new collaborations, share practical case studies and learn from top experts in all aspects of cancer control. We were able to share knowledge and interact with colleagues from around the world, gaining new perspectives on what we, as a community, can do to reduce the cancer burden over time.”

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Thursday 04 May 2023

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