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Knowledge sharing
by UICC
As part of the technical assistance offer of the International Cancer Control Partnership (ICCP), UICC continues to be engaged in the ICCP Project ECHO focusing on the implementation of national cancer control plans with country teams from Bhutan, Eswatini, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Uganda. In 2022, over 50 National Cancer Control Plans (NCCPs) and 40 non-communicable diseases (NCD) plans were uploaded to the ICCP portal.
For World Health Day on 7 April, UICC released a publication entitled Cervical cancer elimination in Africa: where are we now and where to we need to be? This in-depth report, produced in collaboration with IARC and the African Cancer Registry Network (AFCRN), looks at what steps are necessary in Africa to achieve the targets outlined by WHO in its Global Strategy for eliminating cervical cancer as a public health problem.
UICC hosted a virtual TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors (TNM) Annual Meeting on 5-6 May 2022, attended by the members of the UICC TNM Core Committee and other stakeholders working on cancer staging. The meeting focused on the future of the TNM Classification and related publications. A podcast in UICC’s “Let’s Talk Cancer” series looked at TNM and cancer staging for the wider public, featuring the UICC TNM Committee Co-chair Dr Mary Gospodarowicz, a Past President of UICC.
Finally, UICC was delighted to partner with the Journal of Clinical Oncology – Global Oncology on a special collection of papers related to the theme of the World Cancer Leaders’ Summit 2021: ‘Driving innovation to advance cancer control equitably’. The special collection features eight papers by experts who are working on innovative projects to help close the equity gap in cancer care. The articles highlight the advances that are being made in cancer prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment and patient-centred care – and the need for health authorities to manage costs and adopt nationally relevant and cost-efficient technology, policies and practices.
“With this special series we wanted to underline the importance of documenting innovations in cancer control which allow researchers to share their experiences for others to learn from to help close the equity gap in cancer care.”
Prof. Tezer Kutluk, Associate Editor of JCO Global Oncology, UICC Past President and Chair of the Department of Pediatric Oncology at Hacettepe University Ankara-Turkey
“Behind the numbers, there are real people. The 76,745 women who died from cervical cancer in 2020 across the African continent were someone’s mother, daughter, grandmother, aunt, sister, friend, co-worker, neighbour, …. These women died from a preventable disease, which the global health community has the tools, the know-how, a path – and a moral imperative – to eliminate.”
Dr Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, Editor of the report and Member of the UICC Board of Directors
