World Cancer Congress

Every two years, the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) World Cancer Congress brings together the world's leaders in the fight to control cancer. It provides a meeting point for current and upcoming leaders in cancer control from over 120 countries. 

Leading clinicians, practitioners, government agencies and NGOs, patient-care providers and advocates, researchers and behavioural scientists and public health experts focus on transforming the latest knowledge into strategies that countries, communities, institutions and individuals can employ to reduce the cancer burden.

The objectives of the congress include:

• Translating scientific and behavioural research into relevant prevention, early detection, treatment, psychosocial support, palliative care, etc.
• Understanding the economic implications of cancer control interventions in both developed and developing settings and determining which interventions produce the best results
• Promoting the development of national cancer plans as building blocks of a comprehensive anti-cancer strategy worldwide
• Stimulating capacity-building among UICC member organizations and cancer NGOs
• Strategic planning and sharing and exchanging best practices
• Implementing effective tobacco control and public health programmes
• Engaging donor organizations in cancer control effort
• Developing north south partnerships

A five-track programme will offer in depth learning and an exchange of ideas o all aspects of the global fight against cancer. 

Building on the success of the World Conference for Cancer Organizations in Dublin in 2004 and World Cancer Congress in Washington DC in 2006, the 2008 event will focus on global, regional and local activities in cancer prevention and control, making it a uniquely comprehensive event.