International Union Against CancerUnion Internationale Contre le Cancer

Bridging the gapAnnual Report

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Franco Cavalli, President(Switzerland) David Hill, President-Elect(Australia) John R Seffrin, Immediate pastpresident (USA)Farhat Ben Ayed (Tunisia) Eduardo Cazap (Argentina) Mary Gospodarowicz (Canada) Xishan Hao (China) Ranjit Kaur (Malaysia) Tomoyuki Kitagawa (Japan) Arun Kurkure (India) Alex Markham (UK) H Fred Mickelson (USA) Pearl Moore (USA) Thierry Philip (France) Harri Vertio (Finland) Roberto Zanetti (Italy) Miri Ziv (Israel)

Cover photoDaffodil Day 2006 in Ireland: Sarah Curtin with TV presenter Craig Doyle. Photo courtesy of the IrishCancer Society, a UICC member organization

UICC has made every effort to ensure all information contained in this Annual Report is accurate and cannot be held responsible for any inadvertent errors that may have occurred

Executive DirectorIsabel Mortara

Deputy Executive DirectorJuerg Boller

Director's officeBrita BakerEvelyn Zuberbühler

FellowshipsBeate VoughtRaluca GrigorescuKaren Silverman

GLOBALinkWayne KaoHarold ColomesAlexander Schurtz

Health-care coordinationSilvia Perel-LevinMaria Stella de SabataLohes RajeswaranKatarzyna StockaAnna-Maria Vandelli

Campaigns and communicationsJose Julio DivinoPáraic RéamonnAlfonso GomezCarlos Ocampo

ConferencesLaurence VerhagenNeil Kirkman

Finance and administrationJuerg BollerJeannette NyandwiMarion OvidePhilomène Taylor

MembershipAna OliveraItalo GoyzuetaAnnie Imhof

Information technologyHarold ColomesItalo GoyzuetaDiego Mirner

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Editorial: Páraic RéamonnDesign and layout: Carlos OcampoPrinted with vegetable inks on environment-friendly FSC-certified paper by Naturaprint

The Board of Directors meeting in Washington, DC, in July 2006

Strategic LeadersJeff Dunn (Australia)Joe Harford (USA)Luk Joossens (Belgium)Hélène Sancho-Garnier (France)Kazuo Tajima (Japan)

Editor-in-Chief, InternationalJournal of CancerHarald zur Hausen (Germany)

Executive DirectorIsabel Mortara (Switzerland)

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The International Union Against Cancer(UICC) is the leading non-governmentalorganization dedicated to the global con-

trol of cancer. Founded in 1933, it is an independ-ent association of over 280 member organiza-tions in 90 countries. UICC is non-profit, non-political and non-sectarian. It creates and carriesout programmes around the world in collabora-tion with hundreds of volunteer experts, workingin four strategic directions: cancer prevention andcontrol, tobacco control, knowledge transfer, andcapacity building and supportive care. Particularemphasis is placed on professional and publiceducation.

MissionUICC’s mission is to build and lead the global

cancer control community engaged in sharing andexchanging cancer control knowledge and com-petence equitably, transferring scientific findingsto clinical settings, systematically reducing andeventually eliminating disparities in prevention,early detection, treatment and care of cancers,and delivering the best possible care to all cancerpatients.Vision

UICC’s vision is of a world where cancer iseliminated as a major life-threatening diseasefor future generations.

About UICC

Table of contentsFrom the President and the Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Milestones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Uniting the global cancer community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Scaling up awareness of the fight against cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Bringing cancer under control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Making tobacco history. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Transforming knowledge into action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Building capacity and supporting patients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Member organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28UICC Fellows 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30UICC Roll of Honour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Task forces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Financial report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Letter from Deloitte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Balance sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39UICC Contributors 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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From the President and theExecutive Director

Isabel MortaraUICC Executive Director

Dr Franco CavalliUICC President

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Cancer is the second lead-ing cause of death world-wide, claiming more than

twice as many lives as AIDS.The human cost of cancer is

high. Every death from the diseasemeans a family bereaved, a work-force diminished, a communitydeprived.

The economic burden is alsoheavy. We need to count not justthe soaring cost of cancer treat-ment, but also the cost of produc-tivity lost through illness anddeath.

In 2005, according to theNational Institutes of Health, theUnited States spent $74 billion oncancer care, but the total cost ofcancer was almost $210 billion.

Precise figures for other soci-eties are more difficult to obtain,but no one doubts that cancercosts billions of dollars in everyregion of the world. All the pre-dictions tell us that without effec-tive intervention now, its costswill increase dramatically; butstrategic investment in cancerprevention and control offers sig-nificant economic benefits – andnowhere more than in the devel-oping world. Health isn’t just aby-product of economic growth.It is one of the key determinantsof economic development andpoverty reduction.

Reducing the personal, socialand economic impacts of cancer

requires investment in preventionand early detection, with effectivestrategies to reduce the number ofnew cancers. It also requires bettercoordination of treatment andcare, with effective strategies toimprove outcomes and quality oflife.

We must prevent what is pre-ventable, cure what is curable,improve patient care, and managefor success.

TheWorld Health Organizationhas proposed a global goal ofreducing chronic disease deathrates by 2% each year from now to2015. Achieving this goal wouldavert about 8 million of the pro-jected 84 million deaths due tocancer in the next decade, with anappreciable impact on economieseverywhere.

Exclusively dedicated to cancercontrol globally, the InternationalUnion Against Cancer and itsmembers play a critical role inraising awareness of the cancerproblem, advocating and imple-menting prevention, early detec-tion, cure and care interventions,and helping decision-makers torecognize the need for planning.

In 2006, UICC restructured itsgovernance.The General Assemblyprior to UICC’s World CancerCongress in Washington DC inJuly replaced the former Counciland Executive with a new, 17-person Board of Directors.

The environ-ment in whichchildren grow

up, at home, inschool, and in thecommunity, power-fully influencestheir behaviour inlater life. Simplechanges in lifestylecan prevent about40% of all cancer cases worldwide – over 4 million cases each year!

Some of the most important modifiable risk factors for cancer toavoid are tobacco use, exposure to second-hand smoke, unhealthydiet, physical inactivity, overweight and obesity, hepatitis B and HPVinfection, and exposure to ultraviolet radiation.

In December 2006, UICC announced “Today’s children, tomor-row’s world”, the second phase in its World Cancer Campaign.Building on the success of the “My child matters” initiative, UICCwill work with its members and partners in a five-year cancer preven-tion campaign, focusing in particular on parents.

The campaign will target parents, health professionals and deci-sion-makers with four key messages:

• Give children and young people a smoke-free environment• Encourage an energy-balanced lifestyle based on healthy diet and

physical activity• Learn about vaccines against viruses that cause some cancers (e.g.

HBV and HPV vaccines)• Teach children and teenagers to avoid UV exposure by being “sun

smart”

In the course of the campaign, UICC will help its members andpartners to run public awareness campaigns in their countries andmeasure their effectiveness, and will promote regional education andmobilization projects, with dedicated funding for low-and middle-income countries.

“Today’s children, tomorrow’s world” will run until 2012. For moreinformation, contact campaigns@uicc.org

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We are deeply grateful to JohnR Seffrin for his service asUICC’s President from 2002 to2006 and to all who served withhim.

We are grateful, also, to our out-going Strategic Leaders: DrYussufSalojee, Dr Kenneth Nilsson andDr Robert Burton. We welcomethe new Strategic Leadersappointed in Washington, DC: DrJeff Dunn, Dr Joe Harford, LukJoossens and Dr Kazuo Tajima,who now join Dr HélèneSancho-Garnier in the strategicleadership team.

Investment in comprehensivecancer prevention and control is achallenge all countries face in thecoming decade. Within the next10 years, UICC would like to seeas many countries as possible witha national cancer control strategicplan.

But even the most challengingjourney begins with the first step.The World Cancer Declarationendorsed at UICC’s WorldCancer Congress in July 2006 setsout 10 practical steps that theglobal cancer control communitycan take immediately. Togetherwe can make a difference!

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on her appointment as Director-General of the World HealthOrganization.

UICC welcomes her commit-ment to putting health at thecentre of the development agen-da and her emphasis on thegrowing burden that chronic dis-eases such as cancer place ondevelopment. We endorse herstress on integrated primaryhealth care, noting that this isnot only the cornerstone ofnational health systems, but alsothe key to cancer prevention andearly detection, especially incountries with low resources.We welcome her conviction thatcollaboration to achieve publichealth goals is today no longersimply an asset – it is a criticalnecessity.

The World Health Organiza-tion is one of our most impor-tant partners, and we look for-ward to working even moreclosely with WHO under DrChan’s leadership.

MilestonesDr Margaret Chan

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JanuaryNew Year’s Day is the first of fiveapplication deadlines for UICCInternational Cancer Fellowships,163 of which are awarded in 2006.UICC calls for bids to host the WorldCancer Congress in 2010 and 2012.Nominations close for the newUICC Board of Directors, to beelected at the General Assembly inJuly.

FebruaryAlmost 100 organizations take part inWorld Cancer Day, coordinated byUICC, and focusing on childhoodcancer under the banner, “My childmatters”. UICC participates in a rib-bon-cutting ceremony for Turkey’sfirst Hope Lodge, offering low-costaccommodation to cancer patientsand their families.

MarchScotland goes smoke-free. Uruguaybecomes the first completely smoke-free country in the Americas. TheUICC Executive Committee pro-poses a new conference secretariat toorganize the World Cancer Congressand selects Geneva as the Congresssite in 2008. A German-languageedition of UICC’s Evidence-BasedCancer Prevention handbook forEuropean NGOs is published. Aworkshop in Buenos Aires,Argentina, on clinical applications offlow cytometry and molecular biolo-gy in haematological malignancies isone of 11 training workshops organ-ized under the new ICRETTscheme (see page 22). The UICCsecretariat moves to new offices at 62route de Frontenex, Geneva.

AprilThe International Agency forResearch on Cancer predicts about16,000 cancer deaths from thenuclear fallout at Chernobyl twentyyears earlier. UICC takes part in theinaugural meeting of partners in theInternational Atomic EnergyAgency’s Programme of Action forCancer Therapy (PACT). A newstudy in UICC’s International Journalof Cancer suggests that human papil-lomavirus (HPV) testing is more sen-sitive in detecting cervical cancerthan cytology. Turkey's first patientforum gives a voice to cancer patientsand their families.

MayOn World No Tobacco Day, UICCcalls for action to tackle exposure tosecond-hand tobacco smoke world-wide, saying that countries likeIreland, Norway, New Zealand andScotland that are 100% smoke-freeset a new global standard for protec-tion against environmental smoke.

JuneIceland votes for smoke-free bars andrestaurants. WHO begins publicationof its series, Cancer Control: knowledgeinto action, a guide for effective pro-grammes, with a first module on plan-ning. The US Food and DrugAdministration licenses Gardasil, anew vaccine against cervical cancerand other diseases caused by HPVinfection.

JulyThe World Cancer Congress, meetingin Washington, DC, endorses theWorld Cancer Declaration. TheUICC General Assembly elects a new

Are you personally involvedin cancer control, as a pro-fessional, an advocate, or

a volunteer?In 2006, UICC announced thecreation of a common interestgroup for individuals engagedin cancer control. This group – now named the Global CancerControl Community – will beformally launched in 2007.We invite you to join theGlobal Community.• Connect with colleagues

worldwide• Access cancer control

expertise• Advance cancer knowledge

through dialogue with peersacross the globe

• Access the new communitywebsite, hosted and man-aged by UICC

• Qualify for internationalawards recognizing personalexcellence in cancer control

• Receive a regular cancernews digest, published incollaboration with JohnWiley & Sons

For more information, write tomembership@uicc.org or visitwww.uicc-community.org

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Board of Directors (see inside frontcover). UICC and the AmericanCancer Society establish the Relay forLife Cancer Fund. UICC launchesCancer Basics for All (an e-learningtool), Latin American and South Asianeditions of its Evidence-based CancerPrevention handbook, National CancerPlanning Resources for NGOs, and aweb-based tool box for cancer infor-mation services (in partnership withthe International Cancer InformationServices Group).

AugustFor its 50th anniversary, the MenuhinFestival Gstaad chooses UICC as itsexclusive humanitarian partner.Michael R Bloomberg, Mayor ofNew York City, announces a globalinitiative to reduce tobacco use. TheOncology Nursing Society, USA,publishes Women’s Health: A ResourceGuide for Nurses, a comprehensivetool for providing focused care.

SeptemberThe “My child matters” initiative,UICC’s childhood cancer pro-gramme, launches a second call forprojects in resource-constrainedcountries. UICC presents the initia-tive at the 38th Congress of theInternational Society of PaediatricOncology (SIOP) in Geneva,Switzerland.

October UICC, its members and its supportgroups mark breast cancer awarenessmonth - Pink October - with eventsworldwide. UICC’s Board ofDirectors adopts a position papersupporting a comprehensive globalstrategy to eliminate cervical cancer.

UICC’s TobaccoAcademy welcomesits first intake of tobacco control stu-dents. The 4th Chinese Conferenceon Oncology, meeting in Tianjin,issues a declaration on cancer control.

NovemberDr Margaret Chan is electedDirector-General of WHO. Franceimposes a ban on smoking in work-places and public places, with effectfrom February 2007. NorthernIreland announces that its smoke-freelegislation will come into effect inApril 2007. The new UICC Board ofDirectors meets in Geneva. UICC’sReach to Recovery Internationalholds its third Asia-Pacific breast can-cer support conference in Mumbai,India. The UICC Asian RegionalOffice for Cancer Control islaunched at the Asian PacificOrganization for Cancer Preventionconference in Bangkok, Thailand.

DecemberUICC co-hosts a Stop CervicalCancer round table in London. TheUK government announces thatsmoke-free legislation will take effectin England in July 2007. Two yearsafter New Zealand went smoke-free,a government report shows that nineout of ten people in the country sup-port the right to live and work in asmoke-free environment. UICCannounces “Today’s children, tomor-row’s world”, the second phase in itsWorld Cancer Campaign, to belaunched on World Cancer Day2007. At the end of the year, UICCmembership stands at 277 organiza-tions in 86 countries.

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• Make the case that investment in solving the can-cer problem is an investment in the health of thepopulation and therefore an investment in acountry’s economic health

• Consistently deliver a set of compelling messagesthat can be tailored to different country settingsand to traditional and non-traditional partners

• Increase the number of countries with nationalcancer control programmes

• Increase the number of countries with viable andadequately funded cancer surveillance systems,including cancer registries

• Increase the number of countries implementingstrategies that have been identified as successfulin the WHO Framework Convention on TobaccoControl

• Develop a collaborative international plan forimplementing HPV vaccination programmes in

low- and middle-income countries where theburden of cervical cancer is high

• Integrate hepatitis B vaccination with other rou-tine infant vaccinations, particularly in countrieswith high rates of liver cancer

• Adopt appropriate evidence-based guidelines forearly detection and treatment programmes andtailor priority actions to different socio-econom-ic, cultural and resource settings

• Increase the number of countries that make painrelief and palliative care an essential service in allcancer treatment and home-based care

• Increase the number of opportunities for peopleliving with cancer and those touched by cancer toparticipate fully in community, regional, andcountry cancer control efforts

• Develop and implement a process for monitoringthese actions and developing future actions

The World Cancer Declaration adopted by the UICC World Cancer Congress and sincetranslated into many languages is a declaration of intent, outlining specific actions theglobal cancer control community should take during the following two to three years:

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The World Cancer Congresstook place back to back withthe 13th World Conference

on Tobacco OR Health inWashington, DC, 8-15 July 2006.Thousands of cancer and tobaccocontrol leaders crowded into theWashington Convention Centre forthe two events, which sought toaddress the global cancer and tobaccoburden and a sobering projectedincrease in cancer deaths worldwide.The World Cancer Congress focusedon presenting scientific and behav-ioural research in the application ofknown cancer control strategies in avariety of settings. It was opened byformer US President George HWBush and former First Lady BarbaraBush, who serves as a goodwillambassador for UICC.

Barbara Bush’s interest in cancerbegan with the death of a loved one:the loss of her daughter Robin toleukaemia 54 years ago. Since then,progress in childhood cancer diagno-sis and treatment has turned analmost uniformly fatal group ofmalignancies, many of them unique

to children, into a group where manycancers may be cured. But many chil-dren in the developing world havelittle or no access to effective cancertherapy and most children are stilldying.

“Let no child be overlooked in theexpanded global initiative to reduce thecancer threat,” Mrs Bush exhorted theCongress. “We will not consider our jobdone until we make surviving child-hood cancer the rule, not the exception,in every corner of the world.”

Transforming knowledge into actionThree very different perspectives

on transforming what we knowabout cancer into what we do aboutit were presented by Dr Leroy Hood,President of the Institute for SystemsBiology, in Seattle, Washington, USA,Dr Edison Liu, Executive Director ofthe Genome Institute of Singapore,and Dr Ketayun A Dinshaw, Directorof Tata Memorial Centre, India.

Systems biology studies the organ-ism as an integrated and interactingnetwork of genes, proteins and bio-chemical reactions, instead ofanalysing its individual aspects orcomponents, Dr Hood said. Thisgives us a completely new approachto diagnostics, the identification ofdrug targets and prevention and

Uniting the global cancer community

The UICC World Cancer Congress, held every two years, brings together the world’s leaders inthe fight to control cancer. Leading clinicians, practitioners, government agencies and NGOs,patient-care providers and advocates, researchers and behavioural scientists and public healthexperts focus on transforming the latest knowledge into strategies that countries, communi-ties, institutions and individuals can employ to reduce the cancer burden

“The medical model is simply not enough to achieve desired publichealth outcomes when it comes to cancer and its control. We simplymust move into new partnerships, advocacy, and the strengthening ofpublic policy through tough governmental action.”

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“Any significant reduction in cancerdeaths will come from prevention, notcure,” Benjamin Lozare, a SeniorAssociate at the Johns HopkinsBloomberg School of Public Health,USA, told the plenary on strategichealth communication. The strategicmove is to increase cancer health litera-cy and competence. But this demands achange in our models of public health.We need to see households and com-munities as the primary producers ofhealth and the goal of strategic healthcommunication as helping them to dothat. Communication is not a cost, but aworthwhile investment. In someinstances, the best tools of medicine aretelevision, radio, or newspapers, proper-ly used to nurture appropriate valuesand healthy behaviour.

“Households and communities arethe key actors in the fight against can-cer,” Lozare said. “Let us share thisvision: households, communities andcancer organizations all workingtogether to enable everyone to have theknowledge and skills to defeat cancer.”

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Speaking from the perspective ofAsia’s newly industrialized countries,Dr Liu stressed the importance ofgovernance and economics. Usingthe American model has been really adisastrous approach for many devel-oping countries, he said. Singapore, asmall country with no naturalresources, has universal health cover-age and a longevity comparable tothat of the United States, and it doesthis with 3.2% of gross domesticproduct, compared with 15% in theUS. In Singapore, the ministries ofhealth, education, and trade andindustry work closely together. “It’snot health they’re interested in, it’seconomic development,” Dr Liu said.

allows patientsto play a fargreater role indeterminingtheir ownfuture health.Over the nexttwo decades, as y s t e m sapproach willusher in anew era of

“P4 medicine” - predictive, pre-emp-tive, personalized and participatory -and the resulting digitalization ofmedicine will reverse the apparentlyinexorable increase in its costs, to thepoint where advances can be global-ized across the world.

Dr Dinshaw spoke from the per-spective of billions of people in thethird world and focused on how tograpple with the existing problems indeveloping countries at the same timeas delivering state-of-the-art care.

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All of us have a role in health com-munication that goes far beyond thenew technologies, said Dr Vera Luizada Costa e Silva, a public health con-sultant from the Brazilian Ministry ofHealth. According to Brazilian edu-cationalist Paulo Freire, the use ofdialogue is the key to building effec-tive community-based interventions.“Before community membersaddress social-change goals intro-duced from the outside, they mustfirst be organized and empowered toaddress their own concerns andgoals,” Dr da Costa e Silva said.

“The great gains are to be madefrom policy changes that will affectcommunities at local, state or nation-al level,” Michael Daube, Professor ofPublic Health Policy at CurtinUniversity of Technology, Perth,Australia, told a plenary on the powerof public policy. “But we must beprofessional in the way we set aboutthese tasks, and crucially we mustpresent a clear message and a unitedfront, with a good understanding ofthe way decision-makers work andpolicy is made.”

Public policy is more and morerecognized as a key factor in ensuringeffective cancer control.

“We can use the power of publicpolicy to enact legislation, influencefunding decisions – whether for pre-vention, treatment or research – andconstrain our opponents,” Daubesaid. “If we fail to use this tool, we’reas guilty of negligence as the clinicianwho fails to treat a patient.”

Our thanksThe World Cancer Congress was

hosted by the American CancerSociety together with UICC. Wecongratulate and warmly thank ACSCEO John R Seffrin and his team –Dr Harmon Eyre, Gerald Maburn,Mike Heron, Judy Shope, SusanHerrington, Allan Erickson, andmany other colleagues – whoworked long, hard and selflessly tocontribute to its success.

And looking forwardThis was the last World Cancer

Congress to be organized primarilyby a UICC member organization. Infuture, congresses will be manageddirectly by UICC, through a newconference secretariat created in theGeneva office.

The next World CancerCongresses will be held in Geneva,Switzerland, in 2008, Beijing, China,in 2010 and Montréal, Québec,Canada, in 2012.

Dr Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva

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“It was while reading a WHOcommuniqué in 2003, quotingdramatic statistics and survivalrates as low as 20% or even 10%among childhood cancer patientsin poor countries, that the ideacame to me. That was the begin-ning of the ‘My child matters’ ini-tiative, driven by the heartfeltconviction that cancer will be rol-led back through cooperationbetween institutions and coun-tries, through the sharing ofknowledge, through the mobili-zation of determination andfinancial resources.”

Caty Forget

AwardsFour awards for excellence in globalcancer control were presented at theUICC General Assembly dinner inWashington, DC, on 7 July.

Outstanding UICC volunteer: LanceArmstrong (USA), cancer survivorand seven times winner of the Tourde France.

Outstanding UICC member organiza-tion: Tata Memorial Centre, India.

Outstanding government official: PresidentTabaré Vázquez of Uruguay, himselfan oncologist, whose country wasthe first in Latin America to gosmoke-free.

Distinguished corporate visionary: CatyForget (France), Director ofHumanitarian Sponsorship at sanofi-aventis, who has worked closely withUICC on childhood cancer.

Cancer conferences

UICC's International Calendar of Cancer Conferenceslists major international cancer-related conferences,meetings and congresses over three years and is avail-

able in print and at www.uicc.org. In 2006, 22,000 copies ofthe printed version were distributed, thanks to funding fromPfizer Oncology.

Conferences held under the auspices of UICC in 2006 included:

• 4th Regional Conference of the Asian Pacific Organizationfor Cancer Prevention, Japan (January)

• 1st International Conference on Tobacco Control, Romania(March)

• Symposium on Head and Neck Cancer, Netherlands(March)

• Intranet Student Oncology Seminar, Russia (April)

• Angiogenesis: A Key Target in Oncology, Spain (April)

• Oncology Nursing Society 2006 Congress, USA (May)

• 11th International Congress on Oral Cancer, Italy (May)

• Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology in ClinicalOncology, Russia (May)

• International Summer School – Oncology for MedicalStudents, Netherlands (July)

• 8th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, Italy (October)

• 4th Chinese Conference on Oncology, China (October)

• V Congreso Peruano de Oncologia Médica, Peru(November)

• 3rd General Assembly conference of the Asian PacificOrganization for Cancer Prevention, Japan (November)

• Oncology Nursing Society 7th Annual Institutes ofLearning, USA (November)

• 1st CancerWorld Conference on Improving Cancer Services,Belgium (November)

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There is an urgent need to scaleup awareness of the fightagainst cancer, which in many

countries still takes a back seat toother public health priorities.

“My child matters”In industrialized countries nearly

80% of children treated for cancerwill survive, but this survival ratedrops to 20% and even 10% in devel-oping countries where access toinformation, early detection andtreatment are often not available. Yetmost childhood cancers can be curedwhen detected early and treatedwithout delay.

In June 2005, UICC initiated the“My child matters” initiative, in part-nership with sanofi-aventis, to sup-port children with cancer and theirfamilies. The initiative encourageshospitals and NGOs in low- andmiddle-income countries to developpragmatic approaches to improveawareness, early diagnosis, access tocare and pain control.

Projects are selected for fundingbased on feasibility, specific anticipat-ed benefits for children and theirfamilies, and demonstrated accounta-bility and sustainability.

The “My child matters” initiativewas formally launched at a receptionin the Jacquemart-André Museum,Paris, at the end of January 2006. Thecentrepiece of the evening, co-hostedby UICC, sanofi-aventis, and theFrench National Cancer Institute(INCa) was a round table on child-hood cancer in developing countrieswith the 14 recipients of the firstround of “My child matters” awards.

Dr Franco Cavalli, then UICCPresident-Elect, thanked sanofi-aven-tis for its partnership, singling outCaty Forget, Director of theDepartment of HumanitarianSponsorship, for “her contagiousenthusiasm and commitment”. Healso thanked the US National CancerInstitute for the additional fundingthat made it possible to support 14projects, instead of the 10 originallyenvisaged.

As a result of these projects, 900health professionals have participatedin training sessions on childhoodcancer, and more than 4,000 childrenand 2,100 families have benefitedfrom these programmes.

A first-year outcome analysis showsimprovement in patient care infra-structure, public and professionaleducation, early detection and access

to care. In addition, psychosocial sup-port and patient follow-up ratesincreased while treatment dropoutrates decreased.

A second round of awards wasmade in December 2006 (see page11).

“My child matters” is the largestand most comprehensive childhoodcancer programme in resource-con-strained settings. Thus far, it has fund-ed 26 pilot projects in 16 countries,covering public awareness, earlydetection, treatment and follow-upcare, professional education, and pal-liative care.

Scaling up awareness of the fight against cancer

The UICC World Cancer Campaign is a response to the Charter of Paris adopted on 4 February2000 at the World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium. This calls for “an invinci-ble alliance – between researchers, health-care professionals, patients, governments, industryand media – to fight cancer and its greatest allies, which are fear, ignorance and complacency”

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“Our analysis confirms thatmodest and targeted financialsupport as well as external men-toring can help institutions indeveloping countries build thecapability to provide paediatriccancer care of good quality. It isour hope that these pilot projectscan provide models for othercountries to follow. With tinyinvestments, we can make a bigdifference in the lives of childrenwith cancer, even in the mostimpoverished settings.”

Dr Raul Ribeiro, DirectorInternational Outreach

Programme, St Jude Children'sResearch Hospital, USA

World Cancer Day 2006The Charter of Paris designates 4

February each year as World CancerDay. In 2006, UICC took on theresponsibility of coordinating WorldCancer Day globally, supported bymembers, partners, the World HealthOrganization, the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency, and otherinternational bodies.

World Cancer Day, 4 February2006, highlighted childhood cancer,focusing on early detection and equalaccess to treatment and celebratingthe lives of children everywhere inthe fight against childhood cancer.Almost 100 UICC members andpartners in more than 40 countriestook part, organizing a wide range ofeducational activities and fundraisingevents.

Former US First Lady BarbaraBush, international soccer legendsFranz Beckenbauer and GaryLineker, and world figure-skatingchampion Stéphane Lambiel lenttheir support to World Cancer Day. Asurvey of the media impact yieldedmore than 140 pieces of coverage,reaching an audience of over 100million worldwide.

Childhood Cancer: Rising to the challenge

This special report was publishedin connection with World CancerDay 2006. Two chapters from theInternational Agency for Researchon Cancer (IARC) survey the globalburden of childhood cancer and

examine what is known of its inci-dence in the first 10 resource-con-strained countries selected in the ini-tiative. A third chapter from theInternational Psycho-OncologySociety (IPOS) explores the psy-chosocial aspects of childhood cancerin the developing and the developedworlds. The report includes a prefaceby Isabel Mortara, UICC ExecutiveDirector, and an introduction by ProfTim Eden, President of theInternational Society of PaediatricOncology (SIOP).

Bolivia1.Learning to grow under special conditions – Lucia

Parejas, Fundación Amigos y Familiares de Niños conCáncer, Santa Cruz

2.Free leukaemia diagnosis for Bolivian children – DrRicardo Amaru Lucana, Cellular Biology Unit,Oncohaematology, School of Medicine, Mayor deSan Andrés University, La Paz

3.Early diagnosis and follow-up of childhood cancer inEast Bolivia – Dr Yolanda Ernst, Instituto Oncológicodel Oriente Boliviano, Santa Cruz

Indonesia4.Integrated community-based early detection, refer-

ral and treatment of leukaemia and retinoblastoma –Dr Melissa Luwia, Indonesian Cancer Foundation,Jakarta

5.Early detection and prompt treatment of retinoblas-toma – Dr Rita S Sitorus, Department of Ophthalmology,Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Dr CriptoMangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta

Kenya6.Establishing awareness of the occurrence of Burkitt’s

lymphoma for the purposes of early detection andtreatment, and determining environmental and

familial factors associated with its occurrence inKenya – Dr Nicholas Anthony Othieno Abinya,Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi

Mali7.Oncopaedia Mali – Dr Boubacar Togo, Hôpital

Gabriel Touré, BamakoPeru8.Update in paediatric oncology: an eLearning service

– Dr Gustavo Sarria Bardales, National Institute ofNeoplastic Diseases, Lima

9.Developing the care facilities and improving the sup-port services of the Albergue para Enfermos deCáncer “Señor de la Divina Misericordia” – NellyIsabel Therese Huamaní, ALDIMI, Surquillo, Lima

Romania10. Improving the diagnostic services for children with

cancer – Dr Doina Mihaila, St Mary’s EmergencyChildren’s Hospital, Iasi

11.Assessing the childhood cancer burden in Romaniaand ways of improving it – Adela Ratiu, Institute ofOncology “Prof Dr Al Trestioreanu” Bucharest

12.Building a future for Romanian children – Olga-Rodica Cridland, Association PAVEL, Bucharest

“My child matters” awardsIn December 2006, the “My child matters” advisory steering committee made grants ofup to !50,000 to 12 new projects in six low- and middle-income countries. This is inaddition to the 14 pilot projects in 10 such countries already receiving support

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The Congress programme will focus on public health, prevention, cancer and tobacco control, palliative care and patient advocacy as they applyto high-income and resource-constrained countries alike. Together we can move the cancer control agenda forward and bring hope to millions.

National cancer control planning

Well-conceived, resource-appropriate national con-trol strategies lower can-

cer incidence and improve the life ofcancer patients, no matter what con-straints a country faces. NGOs canplay a critically important role inincreasing public and leadershipawareness of the cancer problem andin developing effective partnershipsthat can take on the responsibility ofcancer planning.

UICC’s National Cancer ControlPlanning Resources for NGOs providepractical suggestions that can beapplied in any context, includingcountries with very limited resources.The resources, launched at the WorldCancer Congress in July 2006, areavailable online and in print inEnglish, French and Spanish. A trans-lation into Arabic is in preparation.

Evidence-based cancer preventionTwo new regional versions of

UICC’s evidence-based cancer pre-vention handbooks for NGOs werepublished in 2006.

South Asia - home to a quarter ofthe world’s population - presents acomplex socio-demographic sce-nario. The most common cancers inthe region are cancers of the headand neck, due to the widespreadhabit of chewing tobacco. Amongwomen, cervical cancer is the mostcommon cancer, while the incidenceof breast cancer is rising rapidly, par-ticularly in urban areas. CancerAwareness, Prevention and Control:Strategies for South Asia, discussesstrategies to meet the challenges ofthe future.

In his introduction to Prevención delCáncer: Estrategias basadas en la eviden-cia, UICC’s Latin American hand-book, President Tabaré Vázquez ofUruguay highlights the need to

delineate precisely the epidemiologi-cal profile of each region in the con-tinent and to define carefully eachlink in the chain of the struggleagainst cancer. He identifies povertyas a significant cancer risk factor.Cancer prevention plays a key role,and to select the best evidence-basedactions for each Latin Americancountry is a scientific, economic andethical challenge.

Both handbooks are available inprint and online.

Also published in 2006 wasPrävention von Krebs: Aktueller Standund wirksame Strategien, a Germantranslation of the European hand-book, together with Krebsprävention inDeutschland, a free supplement oncancer prevention in Germany pro-duced by the German Cancer Society.

Bringing cancer under controlCancer control is a public health approach aimed at reducing the burden of cancer in agiven population. Planning integrated, evidence-based and cost-effective interventionsacross the cancer continuum (research, prevention, early detection, treatment, and pal-liative care) is the most effective way to tackle the cancer problem

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Cancer prevention in AsiaThe Asian Pacific Organization for

Cancer Prevention (APOCP) held its4th Regional Conference in NagoyaCity University, Japan, in January2006, under the theme, “Towardshealth promotion and preventivemedicine”, and its 3rd GeneralAssembly Conference in Bangkok,Thailand, in November, with thetheme, “Empowering cancer preven-tion in the Asian Pacific region”.

In Bangkok, Dr Kazuo Tajima andDr Malcolm Moore ended their longterms of office as Chairman andDirector of the APOCP.

Dr Tajima will continue to play amajor role within UICC as StrategicLeader for Asian cancer control. DrMoore will serve as Head of the UICCAsian Regional Office for CancerControl, formally launched at the con-ference. The new office is housed inBangkok, with a training centre inKhon Kaen, in north-east Thailand. Itwill take over responsibility for theAsian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention,as well as guides to different aspects ofcancer control. A major focus will bedevelopment of a comprehensive web-site for provision of information in var-ious Asian languages.

Building partnerships to stop the global cancer epidemic

The Programme of Action forCancer Therapy (PACT), created bythe International Atomic EnergyAgency in 2004, aims to tackle cancerneeds in the developing world com-prehensively over the next 10 to 20years, working through innovativepartnerships.

PACT has adopted a three-stageapproach. First comes a comprehen-sive cancer control needs assessment(imPACT) in selected countries.

Second is the phasedimplementation of com-prehensive anti-cancermeasures at modeldemonstration sites. Thethird stage will focus onregional capacity build-ing, through the devel-opment of regional can-cer training networks. Sixmodel demonstrationsites have been selected:Albania, Nicaragua, SriLanka, Tanzania, Vietnamand Yemen.

UICC is working with PACT toenable low and middle-incomecountries to introduce, expand orimprove their cancer care capacityand services in a sustainable manner,through a rational process of needsassessment, prevention and controlplanning, priority setting and resourcemobilization.

Tianjin declaration: “Hand in hand, prevent cancer”

In October 2006, representatives ofthe Chinese Anti-Cancer Association,the Chinese Oncology MedicalSociety and UICC attending the 4thChinese Conference on Oncology inTianjin approved a declaration oncancer prevention and control. TheTianjin declaration requires cancerprofessionals in treatment institutesand academic organizations to worktogether in the following areas.• Data collection and reporting: to estab-

lish unified data collection andcancer registration in China, inorder to provide evidence-basedstrategies for cancer prevention andcontrol

• Prevention: to promote health edu-cation and increase the knowledgeof cancer risk factors, and reducecancer incidence by tobacco con-trol, hepatitis B vaccination, healthydiet and physical activity, etc.

• Screening: to promote systematiccancer screening, in order to detectand treat cancer at an early stage

• Guidelines for cancer diagnosis andtreatment: to standardize the diag-nosis and treatment for cancerpatients according to guidelines, inan effort to reach a 50% 5-year sur-vival rate for all cancers by 2020

• Role of Chinese medicine: to explorenew treatment strategies for cancerpatients, combining medicine withtraditional Chinese medicine, anddevelop new modalities for cancertreatment

• Palliative care: to standardize theprotocol for palliative treatment inorder to improve the quality of lifefor cancer patients and help cancerpatients recover both physically andmentally and return to their nor-mal life as soon as possible

“The International Atomic EnergyAgency has wide experience intransferring radiotherapy technol-ogy to less developed countries,but faced with the rising inci-dence of cancer in the developingworld, IAEA resources are inade-quate. PACT is part of the effortto build a global alliance toaddress the challenge of cancer indeveloping countries. This part-nership will mobilize resourcesand improve or expand radiother-apy treatment in the context ofcomprehensive national cancercontrol programmes. In thiseffort, the International UnionAgainst Cancer is a key partner.”

Dr Mohammed ElBaradeiDirector-General, International

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Dr Franco Cavalli (centre) with Dr Guangwei Xu,President of the Chinese Anti-CancerAssociation, and Dr Xishan Hao, President of theChinese Society of Oncology and a member ofthe UICC Board of Directors

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Cervical cancerCervical cancer is the second most

common cancer in women world-wide and the most common canceramong women in developing coun-tries. A comprehensive, resource-appropriate approach to cervical can-cer screening and the recent arrival ofvaccines against the main carcinogenicstrains of the human papilloma virus(HPV) now make it the most prevent-able and treatable of all cancers.

In November 2006, UICC’s Boardof Directors approved a positionpaper on cervical cancer, supportingthe development of a comprehensiveglobal strategy to eliminate cervicalcancer, the identification of specifictarget countries for HPV activities,and regional cervical cancer strategicplanning activities. Policy statementshave also been issued by severalUICC member organizations.

In some countries, screeningthrough HPV testing and Pap smearsmay be appropriate; in others, screen-ing may rely in the first instance on

visual inspection, after application ofacetic acid or Lugol's iodine.

In December, UICC and otherpartners convened a Stop CervicalCancer round table in London onensuring that the new HPV vaccinesreach those women in greatest need.“New vaccines have historicallytaken as many as 20 years to be intro-duced in resource-constrained coun-tries after their approval in NorthAmerican and European markets,”they said. “A similar delay for cervicalcancer vaccines would be morallyunacceptable.”

Colorectal cancer screening inFinland

In 2004, the Cancer Society ofFinland, a UICC member organiza-tion, launched a population-basedmass screening for colorectal cancer.About 2,500 Finns each year arediagnosed with colorectal cancer, andabout 1,000 die from it. Four casesout of five occur among those aged60 and over. By the end of 2006,60,000 invitations had been sent topeople aged between 60 and 69 andover 40,000 tests carried out.

The programme uses the faecaloccult blood test (FOBT), a sample

collection procedure performed onthree consecutive days. People in thetarget group receive and return thetests by post. If blood is found in theirstool samples, local health centresarrange further tests.

In 2003, the EuropeanCommission recommended that EUmember states adopt FOBT as well asPap smear and mammographyscreening programmes. The results ofFinland's mass screening programmeare keenly awaited, since it is reck-oned to be the first of its kind.

Cancer prevention in UruguayHealth promotion and evidence-

based prevention and early detectionneed more emphasis in Uruguay’snational cancer control plan, accord-ing to participants in the first inter-national course in cancer preventionin Montevideo, Uruguay, inNovember-December 2006. Thecourse was one of 11 ICRETT train-ing workshops that took place duringthe year (see page 22).

Lectures by an international facultywere complemented by four work-shops on risk factors and preventionstrategies, interventions to alterhabits, cervical cancer screening, andassessment of the efficacy of preven-tive actions. The lectures and work-shop summaries were collected on aCD and will be revised and expand-ed by the teaching staff as a basis forfurther courses.

The course was coordinated by DrGraciela Sabini and Dr Ignacio Muséfrom the Dr Manuel QuintelaHospital, Uruguay, and Dr HélèneSancho-Garnier from the Epidaurecentre in Montpellier, France, one ofUICC’s two Strategic Leaders forcancer prevention and control.

“If people receive treatment ingood time, the tumour can beremoved in its entirety. When thedisease is detected at an earlystage, there is less need for che-motherapy and radiotherapy. Wereckon that when the screeningprogramme is at its full extent,deaths due to colorectal cancerwill drop by 20%.”

Dr Nea MalilaDirector of Mass Screening

Finnish Cancer Registry

“In developed countries, provi-ding information and educationabout cervical cancer will be animportant element of any cervi-cal cancer vaccination pro-gramme to ensure that girls whoare vaccinated understand thecontinued need to go for regularscreening. In developing coun-tries where, due to limitedresources and health infrastruc-tures, screening does not exist,vaccination against cervical can-cer provides the best primaryprevention solution and shouldbe made available to all youngwomen as soon as possible.”

Dr Hélène Sancho-GarnierUICC Strategic Leader for

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As the tobacco industry contin-ues to push its lethal products,consumption in much of the

world is still climbing, and tobacco-related deaths are projected to doublefrom 2002 to 2030. Already, tobaccocauses around one in five of all can-cers worldwide, and one in three inhigh-income countries. By 2030,tobacco will kill up to 8.3 millionpeople each year, including 2.2 mil-lion cancer deaths. Effective globalaction is needed now to make tobac-co history.

A landmark agreement

The WHO Framework Conventionon Tobacco Control (FCTC), theworld’s first public health treaty, is acritical turning point in the fightagainst tobacco. At the end of 2006,142 countries were parties to thetreaty.

The FCTC com-mits governmentsto enacting a mini-mum set of policiesthat are proven tocurb tobacco use,including compre-hensive bans ontobacco advertising,promotion andsponsorship, clear,effective warninglabels, smoke-freepolicies, and higherprices and taxes on tobacco products.It also promotes international coop-eration in dealing with cigarettesmuggling and cross-border advertis-ing.

UICC supports the ratification andimplementation of the FCTC as anessential step in advancing tobaccocontrol in all countries. Together withthe strong international network ofNGOs formed during the negotia-tion of the FCTC, UICC works todevelop and strengthen capacity fortobacco control, particularly inlower-income countries.

Building capacity for a tobacco-free world

The 13th World Conference onTobacco OR Health met with thistheme in Washington, DC, in July,back to back with the UICC WorldCancer Congress. The conferencebegan with a combined plenary ses-sion with the congress and continued

with a general plenary each day, aswell as smaller sessions divided intofive tracks — people, product, pro-ducer, policy, and practice.

Plenary sessions focused on achiev-ing global economic justice and atobacco-free world, the WHOFramework Convention on TobaccoControl, and the evolution of thetobacco industry, asking, “Will thegame ever be over?”

Tracks considered such topics asthe human impact of tobacco; theunintended consequences of well-intentioned tobacco control policies;tobacco control successes, such assmoking out the entertainmentindustry; past mistakes (low tar ciga-rettes, for example) and avoidingthem in the future; and achieving bigimpact with a small budget.

The goals of the conference, co-chaired by Dr Yussuf Salojee, UICC’soutgoing Strategic Leader for tobac-co control, included

Making tobacco historyTobacco use is the largest preventable cause of cancer and a major cause of preven-table illness and death. In 2005 tobacco killed more than 5 million people, of whom1.5 million died of cancer, including cancers of the lung, mouth, head and neck, kid-ney, pancreas and bladder, and cervical cancer

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• providing new data on addiction,cessation, public policy, second-hand smoke, smokeless tobacco andother tobacco products, and epi-demiology

• reviewing new tobacco marketingefforts

• strengthening global leadership andexpanding the number of organiza-tions and individuals engaged inthe fight against tobacco

• sharing successful tobacco controlefforts, best practices, and effectiveintervention techniques, underlin-ing the importance of changes intobacco policy, and promotingstrategies for social, political, andeconomic change that will helpreduce tobacco use and exposure

Luther L Terry AwardsLuk Joossens, UICC’s incoming

Strategic Leader for tobacco control,was among the individuals andorganizations to receive Luther LTerry Awards for exemplary leader-ship in tobacco control during the13th WCToH.

The awards, named after the lateUS Surgeon General Luther L Terry,whose groundbreaking work estab-lished the foundation of public healthscrutiny of the dangers of tobaccouse, recognize significant accomplish-ments in the fight against tobacco.The winners were:• Distinguished career award: Margaretha

Haglund, Sweden, and Dr WitoldZatonski, Poland

• Exemplary leadership by a governmentministry: The Ministry of Healthand Family Welfare, India, and theDepartment of Health andChildren, Ireland

• Outstanding individual leadership: Luk Joossens, Belgium, andBungon Ritthiphakdee, Thailand

• Outstanding organization: TheCampaign for Tobacco-Free Kids,USA, and the FrameworkConvention Alliance

• Outstanding research contribution: SirRichard Peto, UK

Towards a smoke-free world

In 2004, Irelanddid the unthink-able: it imposed ac o m p r e h e n s i v esmoking ban inindoor workplaces,including restau-rants and bars.Defying predic-tions, this boldmove proved to be

both popular and enforceable, and haspaved the way for similar actions else-where.

UICC initiated and is one of theleading organizations in the GlobalSmoke-free Partnership to promoteeffective smoke-free air policiesworldwide. In March 2006, the part-nership called for a smoke-free WorldCup 2006. It reminded FIFA thatbefore the last World Cup, FIFA andthe World Health Organization hadsigned a memorandum, agreeing“that tobacco and sports do not mixand that tobacco in any form must beremoved from all football events asso-ciated with FIFA.”

During a reception at the 13thWCToH, the Global Smoke-freePartnership presented its first annualawards. • Outstanding research report: the

Smoke-free Partnership, Europe,for Lifting the Smokescreen: 10Reasons for a Smoke-free Europe, a

“This tobacco-use epidemic isnot merely a medical issue or apublic health issue or even justan economic issue. This epide-mic has to be correctly characte-rized as an issue of fundamentalsocial justice at the individual,community, national, and inter-national levels. To do any lesswould let the tobacco industryand the governments that sup-port it off the hook for the pre-datory marketing of the veryproducts that cause these latter-day plagues. Vigorous advocacybased on sound science must beour mantra.”

Dr Yussuf SaloojeeNational Council Against Smoking

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Luk Joossens (centre) with John Seffrin and Ramadoss, India

Tobacco Industry Academy AwardsIn a colourful ceremony on the final day of the WCToH, these awardsparodied tobacco companies’ disingenuous attempts to portray them-selves as socially responsible. Best ploy to circumvent a law: The winner was Imperial Tobacco. With

Australia mandating graphic picture warning labels on cigarette packs,Imperial came up with the idea of “peel off” warnings.

Best effort to conceal corporate irresponsibility: The winner was BritishAmerican Tobacco (BAT), for providing free mini-stalls to sell cigarettesto Sri Lankan tsunami victims.

Best initiative to recruit new smokers: The winner was Philip Morris, fora worldwide Marlboro Adventure Team competition that brings youngadults chosen from more than a million applicants to Marlboro Countryin the US.

Best exploitation of a special population: The winner was BAT for a trai-ning video for “tobacco girls” who approach men on streets and atbars to offer them a Benson & Hedges cigarette. The video shows theyoung women being tutored to start the day with a “good wash,” fol-lowed by careful grooming and application of make-up. A “goodimpression will be transferred to the brand and international companyyou represent,” the video says.

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comprehensive report that bringstogether new estimates of thedeaths caused by second-handsmoke and research on the eco-nomic impact and popularity ofsmoke-free policies.

• Exceptional contribution to the evidencebase for smoke-free policies: DrJonathan M Samet of JohnsHopkins University, for his key rolein expert reviews and reports,including the newly publishedReport of the Surgeon General on theHealth Effects of Second-hand Smoke.

• Outstanding campaign: the Smoke-free Action Coalition, a broad-based coalition that was instrumen-tal in bringing about legislationmaking all English workplaces –including bars, clubs and restau-rants – smoke-free, despite the fail-ure of the UK government to givea lead.

• Outstanding administrative organiza-tion: CDC China, for its role in pro-moting health and well-being andensuring that the 2008 Olympics inBeijing will be smoke-free.The partnership joined with the

Framework Convention Alliance andthe Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

to make an extraordinary joint awardto President Tabaré Vázquez honour-ing his outstanding political leader-ship in making Uruguay the firstsmoke-free country in the Americas.

TobaccoAcademy opens its doorsIn October 2006, Tobacco-

Academy, UICC’s new online coursefor tobacco control, opened its doorsto 81 students from 43 countries. Ofthese, 66 students signed on for thewhole course, which provides themwith the equivalent of a certificatelevel professional qualification intobacco control. The other 15 stu-dents opted to study one of the fourcourse themes: the tobacco industry,health, economics, and policy.

TobaccoAcademy brings to life keylessons for tobacco control, is over-seen by an expert international facul-ty, and includes unique course mate-rials, study plans, reading lists, andself-assessment exercises. Studying inTobaccoAcademy is part-time, whichhelps students to fit the study aroundtheir daily lives.

Empowering tobacco control professionals

UICC’s interna-tional tobacco controlc o m m u n i t y ,GLOBALink, pro-vides a constantlyupdated online com-munication tool forits more than 6,000members. It hasreceived the Luther LTerry Award and theTobacco or Healthmedal from WHO.

Now in its second decade,GLOBALink is a recognized catalystfor dialogue between tobacco controlprofessionals, allowing them to findand exchange the latest, most accurateinformation and analysis, access specif-ic publications, guidelines and reports,and engage in collective action. UICChas nurtured and sustained a genera-tion of tobacco control leaders andcontinues to identify and train emerg-ing tobacco control activists tobecome tomorrow’s leaders.

The Smoke-free Action Coalition was instrumental in English smoke-free legislation

Dr Armando Peruga (WHO) applauds CDC China

“With the renewed focus oneffective tobacco control broughtby the Framework Conventioncomes a growing need to trainand inform professionals from avariety of backgrounds so thatwe are ready to meet the chal-lenge. This excellent beginningconfirms that there is indeed agreat demand for an in-depthintroductory course in tobaccocontrol. We are delighted to wel-come such a diverse group oflearners, including policymakersand economists, medical doctorsand journalists.”

Tuija Tengvall, Learning andResource Coordinator,

TobaccoAcademy

“Our long-term objective shouldbe to make smoking historyworldwide. Policies requiringclean indoor air have been suc-cessfully implemented in manycountries. It is the role of UICC tosupport this trend towards asociety without tobacco.”

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The enduring challenge is toequip cancer investigators,clinicians, nurses and allied

health professionals and volunteerswith the knowledge, skills andexpertise to cope with the cancerburden and to improve the quality oflife of cancer patients by implement-ing evidence-based strategies for pre-vention, early detection, treatment,and palliative care.

International cancer fellowshipsInternational cancer fellowships

play a major role in UICC’s visionand mission. They provide opportu-nities for professional developmentfor cancer investigators, clinicians,nurses, and cancer society staff andvolunteers.

Each year an international reviewpanel of over 800 volunteer expertsconsiders more than 1,000 applica-tions. Each year this results in up to200 fellowships, to advance, transferand disseminate cancer knowledgefrom those who have it to those whoneed it.

Through the generous financialcontributions of sponsors and theexpertise of our volunteer reviewers,almost 6,000 health professionals havebenefited from UICC fellowshipssince they were established in 1961.

UICC launched its TranslationalCancer Research Fellowships in 1997to enhance the translation of basic,experimental, and applied researchinsights into their clinical or popula-tion applications in the form of newideas, drugs and treatments, vaccines

and other effective prevention orintervention strategies. UICC grate-fully acknowledges the support pro-vided for this programme over thepast decade by Novartis Oncology,the US National Cancer Institute,AstraZeneca and Aventis.

Transforming knowledge into action

In 1933, cancer researchers recognized a need to share knowledge andexpertise globally and so founded UICC. Since then, UICC has grown into arespected forum for all professionals engaged in cancer prevention andcontrol. Over the years, UICC has fostered the development of cancer insti-tutions, the sharing and exchange of knowledge, the transfer of skills andtechnologies, and professional education

In 2006, 155 fellowships were awardedUICC Translational Cancer Research Fellowship (TCRF) 2

UICC American Cancer Society International Fellowships For Beginning Investigators (ACSBI) 6

UICC Yamagiwa-Yoshida Memorial International Cancer Study Grants (YY) 11

UICC International Cancer Technology Transfer (ICRETT) Fellowships 115

UICC Trish Greene International Oncology Nursing Fellowships (IONF) 15

UICC Asia-Pacific Cancer Society Training Grants (APCASOT) 6

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This scheme has been discontin-ued, with effect from 2007. The fiveother fellowship programmes contin-ue, albeit in two cases with significantchanges. With Fellows finding itincreasingly difficult to obtain visasfor North America and WesternEurope, the ICRETT scheme nowalso offers ICRETT training work-shops in resource-constrained coun-tries for larger groups of participantsand led by an international faculty.Similar cancer nursing workshopswill be launched in 2007.

For both workshops, the competi-tive selection is based on expertreview of the workshop design, pro-gramme, follow-up and evaluationprocedures and the profiles of the fac-ulty and host organization. The aim isto provide participants with anopportunity to augment their profes-sional knowledge and share theirnewly acquired knowledge and skillswith others in their countries.

A new edition of the UICCInternational Cancer Fellowships book-let, setting out the fellowship andtraining schemes currently adminis-tered by UICC, will be published in2007. An updated set of fellowshipflyers is also available.

ICRETT workshopsThese 3-5 day workshops are host-

ed in cancer institutes, universities,laboratories, clinics, or hospitals inresource-constrained countries. Aninternational faculty of one to threeexperts is supported by UICC totrain groups of up to 50 appropriate-ly qualified health professionals.Subjects addressed include basic, pre-clinical, clinical, behavioural, and epi-demiological areas of cancer research,cancer prevention and control, clini-cal management, palliative care, diag-

nostic skills, and clinical trials.In 2006, the folowing 11 workshops

were held in Brazil, China, Cuba,Cyprus, India, Niger and Romania:• Cancer prevention and health promotion

at the University of Medicine &Pharmacy Juliu Hatiegariu,Romania, led by Dr Hein De Vries,Maastricht University, theNetherlands

• Cancer prevention in Uruguay, at theHospital de Clínicas Dr ManuelQuintela, Uruguay, led by DrHélène Sancho-Garnier, Epidaure,CRLC Val d'Aurelle-PaulLamarque, France

• Flow cytometric analysis of neoplasticand pre-neoplastic diseases of the bonemarrow and lymph nodes at theSouthern Medical University,China, led by Dr Raul Braylan,University of Florida College ofMedicine, USA

• Methodological strategies for the clinicalevaluation of anticancer drugs at theInstituto Nacional de Oncología yRadiobiología, Cuba, led by DrAndrew Kramar, Epidaure, CRLCVal d'Aurelle-Paul Lamarque,France

• Monitoring of stem cell phenotype, pro-liferation and apoptosis at the SreeChitra Tirunal Institute for MedicalSciences and Technology, India, led

by Dr Ganju Awtar Krishan,University of Miami School ofMedicine, USA

• Palliative care of the paediatric patient:issues in communication, Ministry ofHealth, Cyprus, led by Dr MichaelSilbermann, Middle East CancerConsortium

• Population-based cancer survival analy-sis at the Registro de Cancer deBase Populacional de Goiania,Brazil, led by Dr Timo Hakulinen,Cancer Registry, Cancer Society ofFinland

• Prostate brachytherapy at ApolloSpecialty Hospital, India, led by DrGillian Duchesne, PeterMacCallum Cancer Institute,Australia

• Sentinel lymph node biopsy in breastcancer at the Institute of MedicalSciences – Varanasi, India, led by DrRobert Mansel, University of WalesCollege of Medicine, UK

• Updates in clinical applications of flowcytometry/molecular biology in haema-tological malignancies at the FundaleuAngelica Ocampo, Argentina, ledby Dr Raul Braylan, University ofFlorida College of Medicine, USA

• Women’s cancers: a course on gynaeco-logical surgery at Tous Unis ContreLe Cancer, Niger, led by DrFrançois Laffargue, CHUMontpellier, France

Cancer nurses training workshops

From 2007, these workshops, spon-sored by the Oncology NursingSociety, USA, will replace the TrishGreene International OncologyNursing Fellowships. The workshopsare 3-5 day teaching and training ses-sions held at cancer institutes, clinics,treatment centres or hospitals inresource-constrained countries by aninternational faculty of one to threenurse educators for groups of up to30 appropriately qualified nurses.

Subjects include cancer educationprogrammes for prevention and earlydetection, patient counselling, safedrug handling, pain assessment, pallia-tive care, and quality of life issues.Prevention-oriented workshops areespecially encouraged.

TNMThe TNM (tumour-node-metasta-

sis) classification of malignanttumours developed by Pierre Denoix

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Dr Gaurav Agarwal, India, in Japan

and adopted by UICC in 1953 hasbecome the global standard for can-cer classification and staging. Today inits sixth edition, the TNMClassification of Malignant Tumours isavailable in printed, online and palmpilot versions and has been translatedinto many languages. A seventh edi-tion is under preparation and will bepublished by John Wiley & Sons in2009.

A set of related publications andresources is also available from Wiley:the TNM Atlas, 5th edition; the TNMSupplement, 3rd edition; TNM MobileEdition 2.0; and TNM Online. Thedistribution rights for the TNM Atlasare held by John Wiley & Sons in theAmericas, but in the rest of the worldby Springer Verlag, Germany.

A French translation of the fifth edi-tion of the TNM Atlas was publishedin 2006 by Springer France. The atlasand supplement have also been trans-lated into several other languages.

Prognostic Factors in CancerThe third edition of Prognostic

Factors in Cancer, launched at theWorld Cancer Congress in July 2006,amends and streamlines this authori-tative monograph on prognostic fac-tors and their use in planning treat-ment for cancer patients. The firstpart provides an update on the sci-ence of prognosis in general andprognosis in cancer patients in partic-

ular. The sec-ond part con-sists of site-specific ortumour-spe-cific chaptersand the prog-nostic factorsassociated withp a r t i c u l a rmalignancies.

International Journal of CancerThe International Journal of Cancer,

first launched in 1964, is edited by DrHarald zur Hausen and published forUICC by John Wiley & Sons. A lead-ing cancer journal, with 24 issues peryear, it covers basic, translational andclinical research. It is available in printand online (www.interscience.wiley.com).

Cancer Basics for AllCancer Basics for All is a comprehen-

sive e-learning tool for health profes-sionals that covers cancer biology, can-cer treatment, patient and symptommanagement, and patient and familycare. It provides anyone caring for can-cer patients with a fundamentalunderstanding of the disease and itsdevelopment, diagnosis and treatment,as well as exploring related psychoso-cial, ethical and legal issues. It will alsobe of interest to cancer patients, theirfamilies and their friends.

Four interactive courses on howcancer evolves, how it is treated, man-aging symptoms, and cancer as achronic disease provide almost eighthours of learning in 17 lessons.Lessons include formative and inter-active exercises, with learning check-points to positively reinforce whathas been learned. Each course endswith a post-course assessment, with aprintable certificate if 80% of the testquestions are answered correctly.

Subject to a licence from UICC,the series allows translation of thetext into other languages or adapta-tion to national, regional or ethicalrequirements, without the need foradditional development software.

Cancer Basics for All is available fromUICC on CD-Rom or online(web.uicc.org/cancerbasics) and retails atUSD 50 for a single-user licence. Multi-user licences are offered at substantialdiscounts.

Online course in psychosocial oncology

Two UICC member organizations– the International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) and theEuropean School of Oncology(ESO) – have developed a multilin-gual core curriculum in psychosocialoncology.

This is the first multilingual pro-gramme dedicated to the psychoso-cial education of all professionalsworking with cancer patients, includ-ing doctors, nurses, social workers,psychologists and technicians.Leading experts have developed one-hour lectures on five key subjects inpsychosocial oncology – communi-cation skills, psychosocial assessment,anxiety, depression, and distress man-agement.

The course is available free ofcharge on the IPOS and ESO web-sites: www.ipos-society.org and www.can-cerworld.org

“The project is growing year toyear. Reviewers acknowledgePrognostic Factors in Cancer as aunique textbook, focusing on theclinical methodology for evalua-ting prognostic factors in order toarrive at human and effectivetreatment for the cancer patient.Current processes demonstrateexemplary cooperation with theAmerican Joint Committee onCancer and the InternationalAssociation for the Study of LungCancer in developing the 7thedition of the TNM Classificationof Malignant Tumours.”

Dr Mary GospodarowiczPrincess Margaret Hospital

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In 2006, people with cancer stillfaced vast global discrepancies inthe quality of their care. If every

cancer patient were treated and caredfor in accordance with the best stan-dards, much suffering and dyingwould be prevented.

Quality cancer careIn July 2006, the American Society

of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) andthe European Society for MedicalOncology (ESMO) published a con-sensus statement “that defines whatwe presently consider to be impor-tant to protect the interests of patientswith cancer and to enable them toobtain high-quality cancer care”. Thestatement, written by an internation-al group of ASCO and ESMO volun-teers, lists 10 rights that should beguaranteed to every cancer patient.

The two UICC member organiza-tions are working together in a task

force to promote theright to quality care.They are also count-ing on the coopera-tion of patient advo-cacy groups. “Wehave to have all thepatients on board,”says Håkan Mellstedt,President of ESMO.“They are often themost effective at dis-tributing the message.They are a very pow-erful pressure group.”

Patient forumsPatient forums give a voice to peo-

ple living with cancer in order to breakdown the barriers of silence and fear,allowing dialogue between patients,the medical community and otherstakeholders. Patients and their familiescan help cancer professionals see what

is working well and what is not. Theycan be powerful advocates forimprovement in attitudes, knowledge,practices, policies, systems and services.

Turkey’s first cancer patient forumbrought together 350 participants inAnkara in April 2006. It was also thefirst meeting in UICC’s patientforum programme, which offersUICC member organizations a web-based guide containing practicalinformation, samples, examples andlessons learned, an auspices and grantprogramme, and the opportunity fornetworking, technical assistance andexchange of information.

The forum, held under the patron-age of President Ahmet Necdet Sezerof Turkey, was organized by theTurkish Association for CancerResearch and Control (TACRC) and

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Hacettepe University Institute ofOncology. Outcomes included anaction plan and a report to be sent tonational and international healthauthorities.

A second patient forum in theUICC programme brought togethermore than 300 participants inBratislava, Slovakia, in October. Theforum was organized by the SlovakLeague Against Cancer under thepatronage of the First Lady ofSlovakia, Silvia Gasparovicova. Alsoinvolved were two governmentministries, the Slovak CancerSociety, the Slovak Medical Society,and the European Cancer League.

Cancer information servicesA cancer information service (CIS)

provides accurate and up-to-dateinformation to cancer patients, theirfamily and friends, health-care profes-sionals and the general public. A one-to-one interaction with a trainedinformation specialist ensures high-quality, personalized information bytelephone, email, instant messaging orin-person visits.

In 2005, UICC and theInternational Cancer InformationService Group (ICISG) formed apartnership to strengthen the provi-sion of cancer information aroundthe world.

It is, says ICISG President AnneVézina, a partnership created to addressthe information needs of patientsworldwide. “Our group was formed atUICC’s first World Conference forCancer Organizations in Australia in1996. Our members share a commit-ment to providing quality cancer infor-mation and helping other organiza-tions set up information programmes.”

In July 2006, just before the WorldCancer Congress in Washington, DC,an online tool box was launched,designed to assist cancer organizationsin setting up or improving a cancerinformation service and available onthe ICISG website (www.icisg.org).

An all-day workshop on how tostart a cancer information service fol-lowed the launch. At the workshop,46 participants from 24 countrieslearned about the steps needed tostart an information service, how torecruit and train staff, elements ofquality management, and keyresources and technology.

Hope LodgesFor many people living with can-

cer, the cost of accommodation nearthe treatment site can be a significantbarrier in access to health care. Somepatients don’t take part in their treat-ment as regularly as they should orsimply abandon it.

In February 2006, UICC ExecutiveDirector Isabel Mortara took part in aribbon-cutting ceremony to mark theopening of Turkey’s first Hope Lodge,Hacettepe Umut Evi, in Ankara’s oldtown.

The lodge received a significantdonation from the BNP ParibasFoundation, facilitated by UICC. TheTurkish Economic Bank, also presentat the opening, pledged a donation of!20,000 in support of the HopeLodge.

Hacettepe Umut Evi is a pilotproject modelled on similar lodges inCanada, France and Tunisia. These aredescribed in Setting up a Hope Lodge,a UICC handbook now available inEnglish, French, Spanish and Turkish.

Reach to Recovery InternationalReach to Recovery is a non-med-

ical programme designed to givewomen with breast cancer practicaland emotional one-to-one supportand assist them in their return toeveryday life. It is built on a simple yetuniversal principle: a woman who has

“Helping those affected by orconcerned with cancer get theinformation they need is animportant part of patient care.We are proud to work with theICISG to achieve this goal.”Prof David Hill, UICC President-Elect

“I’m gratified that we are brin-ging these opportunities toTurkey. We hope that the newHope Lodge will serve as a modelfor similar projects elsewhere inour country, and in other coun-tries too.”

Dr Tezer Kutluk, PresidentHacettepe University Institute of

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”Krafttak mot kreft” (Action against can-cer), the Norwegian Cancer Society’s annualfund-raising and awareness campaign -Secretary General Anne-Lise Ryel withsinger Christian Ingebrigtsen in March 2006

ICISG President Anne Vézina

US Ambassador Pamela Bridgewater (centre) with Reach to Recovery survivorsand health workers in Ghana

Turkish actress Filiz Akin and cancer controlleaders cut the ribbon for the Hope Lodge

lived through breast cancer and givesfreely of her time to help anotherwoman facing the same experience isa valuable source of support. Reach toRecovery International (RRI) is along-standing UICC programme andat the core of its involvement in sup-portive care.

A set of 10 fact sheets introducingthe various aspects of Reach toRecovery was launched at the WorldCancer Congress in July. This intro-duction kit is currently available inEnglish; translations into other lan-guages are in preparation.

Conferences and workshopsIn August 2006, Ann Steyn from

South Africa led a three-day trainingworkshop in Harare, Zimbabwe, onhow to create and develop a Reachto Recovery group. In November, atwo-day workshop in Buenos Aireswas hosted by the Argentine LeagueAgainst Cancer (LALCEC), underthe twinning programme withPortugal launched in 2005.

Jagruti: the awakeningIn Indian lore, jagruti is a flame that

is a perpetual source of light andenergy. For women with breast can-cer, it signifies the ability to regain ameaningful, vibrant life throughtreatment and psychosocial support.After breast cancer, a woman can stilllive with dignity and femininity anduse the experience to help otherwomen to cope with their cancer.

More than 300 people from aroundthe world attended the 3rd Asia-Pacific Reach to RecoveryInternational Breast Cancer SupportConference, which was held inNovember in Mumbai, India, underthe title, “Jagruti: the awakening”.

The conference was organized byReach to Recovery International witha coalition of six Indian NGOs –Cancer Patients Aid Association, IndianCancer Society, MastectomeesAssociation, Passages, V CareFoundation and Women’s CancerInitiative – and Tata Memorial Hospital.

AwardsDr Khin Khin Win of Singapore

Cancer Society won the inauguralRRI Asia-Pacific Health ProfessionalVolunteer Award, recognizing herexceptional contribution to breastcancer support in the region.

Gloria Lin of Taiwan, a cancer sur-vivor and the founder of TaiwanBreast Cancer Alliance, a coalition of26 local Reach to Recovery groups,won an award for her outstandingvoluntary commitment to RRI inthe Asia-Pacific region.

Global Coalition of Men with Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer is the second mostcommon cancer among men world-wide.

The highest rates are found indeveloped countries and some partsof Africa, but the global burden ofprostate cancer is growing.

As prostate cancer affects more andmore men around the world, there isa need for an international forum.During the World Cancer Congress,UICC held a meeting with keyprostate cancer groups and is workingwith partners to develop a GlobalCoalition of Men with ProstateCancer.

“I believe that this is the way tospread Reach to Recovery idealsall over the world. I also believethat the next meeting in BuenosAires should welcome breastcancer survivors from other LatinAmerican countries, because net-working and working together isso important, above all amongcountries that speak the same orvery similar languages.”

Maria Cunha MatosVencer e Viver, Portugal

“The scientific content of theprogramme was much apprecia-ted by delegates. For the firsttime in India, the stage was sha-red by doctors and paramedics,caregivers and patients. Somebrave and courageous storieswere shared, and in the spirit ofgiving and taking, many valuablelessons were learned.”Dr Coomi Singh, Passages, India

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Ann Steyn, left, with Zimbabwe traineesin August 2006

“Stark, moving and disturbing attimes, this conference’s appeallies in the fact that it resonateswith laypersons and its rawedges are not smoothed down bypolitical correctness.”

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Africa Association Ennour d'aide aux cancéreux,Algeria Association Lalla Salma de lutte contre lecancer, Morocco Association tunisienne de lutte contre lecancer, Tunisia Cancer Association of Namibia Cancer Association of South Africa Cancer Association of Zimbabwe Care Organization Public Enlightenment,Nigeria Fakkous Centre for Cancer and AlliedDiseases, Egypt Institut Salah Azaiz, Tunisia Kasr El Ainy Centre of Radiation Oncologyand Nuclear Medicine (NEMROCK), Cairo,Egypt Kenya Cancer Association National Cancer Institute, Cairo, Egypt Nigerian Cancer Society, Nigeria Ye Ethiopia Cancer Association, Ethiopia

Asia and the Pacific Aichi Cancer Centre, Japan Bangalore Institute of Oncology, India Bangladesh Cancer Society BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, Nepal Breast Cancer Welfare Association, Malaysia Cancer Centre Welfare Home and ResearchInstitute, India The Cancer Council ACT, Australia The Cancer Council Australia The Cancer Council New South Wales,Australia The Cancer Council Northern Territory,Australia The Cancer Council Queensland, Australia The Cancer Council South Australia The Cancer Council Tasmania, Australia The Cancer Council Victoria, Australia The Cancer Council Western Australia Cancer Institute (WIA), India Cancer Institute of JFCR, Japan Cancer Patients Aid Association, India Cancer Society of New Zealand Chiba Cancer Centre, Japan Children's Cancer Association of Japan Chinese Anti-Cancer Association (CACA) Chinese Medical Association Chinese Oncology Society, Taiwan, ChinaDharamshila Cancer Hospital and ResearchCentre, India Dr B Borooah Cancer Institute, India Fiji Cancer Society Formosa Cancer Foundation, Taiwan, ChinaFukuoka Cancer Society, Japan Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute, India Hokkaido Cancer Society, Japan Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society, China Ho Chi Minh City Oncological Hospital,Vietnam Hope Society for Cancer Care, Taiwan,ChinaIndian Cancer Society Indonesian Cancer Foundation Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology,Japan Institute of Cytology and PreventiveOncology, India Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, India Japan Cancer Society Japan Lung Cancer Society Japan Society of Clinical Oncology Japanese Cancer Association Japanese Foundation for MultidisciplinaryTreatment of Cancer

Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan John Tung Foundation, Taiwan, ChinaKanagawa Cancer Centre, Japan Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology,India Korea Institute of Radiological and MedicalSciences Korean Cancer Society Meherbai Tata Memorial Hospital, India Ministry of Health, Pakistan Miyagi Cancer Centre, JapanMiyagi Cancer Society, Japan Nagoya Memorial Hospital, Japan National Cancer Centre, Korea National Cancer Centre, Singapore National Cancer Council (MAKNA), MalaysiaNational Cancer Institute, Thailand National Cancer Institute, Vietnam National Cancer Society of Malaysia National Oncological Centre, Mongolia Nepal Cancer Relief Society (NCRS) Niigata Cancer Centre, Japan Osaka Cancer Foundation, Japan Osaka Medical Centre for Cancer andCardiovascular Diseases, Japan Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Australia Philippine Cancer Society Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Fund,Japan Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and ResearchCentre, India Ruby Hall Clinic Kamalnayan Bajaj CancerCentre, IndiaSaitama Cancer Centre, Japan Sapporo Cancer Seminar Foundation, Japan Sasaki Institute and Foundation , Japan Science Council of Japan Shizuoka Cancer Centre, Japan Singapore Cancer Society Taiwan Cancer Society, Taiwan, ChinaTata Memorial Centre, India Thai Cancer Society Tianjin Medical University Cancer Instituteand Hospital, China Tochigi Cancer Centre, Japan Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital,Japan Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of MedicalResearch, Australia

Europe Academisch Medisch Centrum, Netherlands Action Cancer, UK Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer, Spain Asociación Vivir Como Antes, Spain Association of Slovenian Cancer Societies Associazione Italiana di Oncologia Medica,Italy Associazione Italiana Malati di CancroParenti e Amici, Italy Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sulCancro, Italy August Kirchenstein Institute ofMicrobiology and Virology, Latvia Belgian Federation against Cancer Bulgarian National Association of Oncology CancerBACUP, UK Cancer Research UK Cancer Society in Stockholm, Sweden Cancer Society of Finland Centre d'oncologie Léon Bérard, France Centre Georges-François Leclerc, France Centre régional François Baclesse, France Centre régional Jean Perrin, France Centre Paul Papin, France

Centro di Prevenzione Oncologica, Italy Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Italy Centro per lo Studio E la PrevenzioneOncologica, Italy Cochrane Cancer Network, UK Croatian League against Cancer Danish Cancer Society Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft, Germany Deutsche Krebshilfe, Germany Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, GermanyDutch Association of ComprehensiveCancer Centres Dutch Cancer Society Een Häerz fir Kriibskrank Kanner, LuxemburgEpidaure CRLC Val d'Aurelle-PaulLamarque, France Estonian Cancer Society European Cervical Cancer AssociationEuropean Institute of Oncology European Organization for Research andTreatment of Cancer European School of Oncology European Society for Medical Oncology European Society of Therapeutic Radiologyand Oncology Fédération nationale des centres de luttecontre le cancer (FNCLCC), France Fondazione Edo ed Elvo Tempia Valenta, Italy Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale deiTumori, Italy Hellenic Cancer Society, Greece Hellenic Society of Oncology, Greece Hungarian League Against Cancer Icelandic Cancer Society Institut Català d'Oncologia, Spain Institut Claudius Regaud, France Institut Curie, France Institut national du cancer, France Institut Paoli Calmettes, France Institute of Cancer Research, UK Institute of Oncology, Bucharest, Romania Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana, Slovenia Instituto Português de Oncologia deFrancisco Gentil, Portugal

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International Hereditary Cancer Centre,Poland Irish Cancer Society Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "MarioNegri", Italy Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro(IST), Italy Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura deiTumori. Fondazione "G Pascale", Italy Istituto Oncologico Romagnolo, Italy Istituto Superiore di Oncologia, Italy Krebsliga Schweiz/Ligue suisse contre lecancer/Lega Svizzera Contro il Cancro,Switzerland League against Cancer, Prague, CzechRepublic Lega Italiana per la Lotta contro i Tumori,Italy Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro, Portugal Ligue nationale contre le cancer, France Lithuanian Oncological Society Lymphoma Coalition, UK Macmillan Cancer Relief, UK Ministère de la Santé, Luxembourg National Cancer Centre of Georgia NN Blokhin Cancer Research Centre, Russia NN Petrov Research Institute of Oncology,Russia Norwegian Cancer Society Oncologic Centre Antwerp, Belgium Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, UK Polish Oncological Society, Poland Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Italy Serbian Society for the Fight against Cancer Slovak League against Cancer Société française du cancer, France Swedish Cancer Society Swiss Institute for Experimental CancerResearch (ISREC) Ulster Cancer Foundation, UK Università degli Studi dell' Insubria, Italy Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy Westdeutsches Tumorzentrum, Germany World Cancer Research Fund, UK

Latin America and Caribbean Asociación Hondureña de Luchacontra elCáncer, Honduras Asociación Mexicana de Lucha Contra elCáncer, Mexico Asociación Nacional Contra el Cáncer,Panama Associação Brasileira Assistencia aosCanceros, Brazil Comisión Honoraria de Lucha contra elCáncer, Uruguay Fundação Oncocentro de São Paulo, Brazil Fundación Boliviana Contra el Cáncer,Bolivia Grupo Brasileiro de Estudos do Câncer,Brazil Hospital de Clínicas "Dr Manuel Quintela",Uruguay Instituto Brasileiro de Contrôle do Câncer,Brazil Instituto de Enfermedades Neoplásicas, Peru Instituto Nacional do Câncer, Brazil Instituto Nacional de Cancerología,Colombia Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Mexico Instituto Nacional de Oncología yRadiobiología, Cuba Liga Argentina de Lucha Contra el Cáncer(LALCEC), Argentina Liga Bahiana Contra o Câncer, Brazil Liga Colombiana Contra el Cáncer,Colombia Liga Contra el Cáncer, Honduras Liga Dominicana Contra el Cáncer,Dominican Republic Liga Nacional Contra El Cáncer de ElSalvador Liga Nacional Contra el Cáncer Guatemala/Piensa Liga Nacional Contra la Leucemia y elCancer en el Niño, Nicaragua Liga Peruana de Lucha Contra el Cáncer,Peru Oncosalud, Peru Patronato Cibaeño Contra el Cáncer,Dominican Republic Sociedad Anticancerosa de Venezuela Sociedad de Lucha contra el Cáncer(SOLCA), Ecuador Sociedad Latinoamericana y del Caribe deOncología Médica Sociedad Mexicana de Oncología, Mexico Sociedad Peruana de Cancerología, Peru Sociedad Peruana de Oncología Médica,Peru Sociedade Brasileira de Cancerologia, Brazil Trinidad and Tobago Cancer Society University of São Paulo, Brazil

Middle East Bahrain Cancer Society, Bahrain Cancer Institute, Imam Khomeini MedicalCentre, Iran The Charitable Establishment for theSupport of Cancer Patient Centres, Yemen Cyprus Anti-Cancer Society Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients andFriends Israel Cancer Association King Hussein Cancer Centre, Jordan Kuwait Society for Smoking and CancerPrevention Lebanese Cancer Society Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health, Oman Patient's Friends Society-Jerusalem (aPalestinian NGO)

Research Centre of Gastroenterology andLiver Transplantation, Iran Shariati Hospital HORC, Iran Syrian Cancer Society Turkish Association for Cancer Research andControl

North America American Association for Cancer Research,USA American Cancer Society, USA American College of Radiology, USA American College of Surgeons, USA American Society for Therapeutic Radiologyand Oncology, USA American Society of Clinical Oncology, USA Arthur G James Cancer Hospital ResearchInstitute, USA BC Cancer Agency, Canada Cabrini Medical Centre, USA Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, USA Canadian Association of RadiationOncology Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation -Prairies/NWT Chapter Canadian Cancer Society Cancer Care Ontario, Canada Candlelighters Childhood CancerFoundation, USA C-Change (National Dialogue on Cancer),USA Centre for Chronic Disease and Prevention,Canada Centre hospitalier de l’Université deMontréal, Canada Centres for Disease Control & Prevention,USA College of American Pathologists, USA Fondation québécoise du cancer, Canada Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre,USA H Lee Moffitt Cancer Centre, USA Lance Armstrong Foundation, USA Massey Cancer Centre, USA MD Anderson Cancer Centre, USA National Cancer Institute, USA National Cancer Institute of Canada National Foundation for Cancer Research,USA Oncology Nursing Society, USA Princess Margaret Hospital, Canada Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA St Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA Susan G Komen for the Cure, USA University of Colorado Cancer Centre, USA Women in Government, USA

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Algeria ICR Kenida, SaidArgentina ICR Bruzzone, Ariana

ICR Furman, DavidICR Fuertes, MercedesICR Giulianelli, SebastianYY2 Diaz, Maria del Pilar

Armenia ICR Yengibaryan, ArmineICR Kostanyan, MherICR Hovhannisyan, Ruben

Australia ACS Eslick, GuyICR Gan, Pei PeiICR Jones, Mathew

Bangladesh ION Begum, DelowaraBelarus ICR Vashkevich, KatsiarynaBelgium ICR Twizere, Jean-ClaudeBosnia ICR Kovacevic, PedjaBrazil ACS Hermont Barcellos Gonçalves,

PriscilaICR Morikawa, LisaICR Souza, ConceicaoICRR Curado, Maria PaulaTCR Lopes, Luiz

Bulgaria ICR Georgieva, MilkaBurkina Faso ICR Elola, AbdoulayeCameroon ICR Ekortarh, AnncommyCanada ICR Page, MichelChina ICR Chen, Daojin

ICR Zhang, JieICR Cao, JunningICR Chen, JinfengICR Yu, LeiION Lu, AirongION Ding, Yan

Cuba ICR Ortiz Reyes, RosaICR Cedeño Arias, MercedesICR Penton-Ribas, DavidICR Sanchez Ramirez, BelindaICR Menendez Alejo, IbisICR Rodriguez Nunez, OlgaICR Montenegro, AlexanderICR Garcia Verdecia, Beatriz

Cyprus ICRR Komodiki, CharitiniCzech Republic ICR Bouchal, Jan

ICR Novak, JaroslavICR Sykorova, Vlasta

Egypt ICR Ismail, EmamICR Ahmad, Mohamed

France ICR Jacque, EmilieYY1 Prigent, Claude

Georgia ICR Topeshashvili, MaiaGermany ICR Seliger, Barbara

YY1 Klein, ChristophGhana ION Blewu, PatienceGreece ICR Bouziotis, PenelopeIndia ACS Basu, Sandip

ACS Venkateswaran, ChitraAPC Sharma, RajAPC Bapat, AditiAPC Rangarajan, VijayaAPC More, NeetaICR Ananthamurthy, AnuradhaICR Sharma, OmICR Patel, ChetanICR Kumar, RajeevICR Kalthur, GuruprasadICR Thomas, GigiICR Sundaram, VisalatchiICR Agarwal, SurendraICR Aggarwal, AshutoshICR Sharma, SanjivICR Goel, RajivICR Kashyap, RaviICR Sonkar, AbhinavICR Srinivasan, BalasubramanianICR Gupta, ChariteshICR Padmam, SudhaICR Engineer, ReenaICR Munjal, KavitaICR Singh, BhuvneshICR Narayanan, KannanICR Krishnamurthy, NathanICR Mynampati, DineshICR Sharma, DayaICRR Balakrishnan, RajanICRR Shukla, HariICRR Pati, UttamION Rhenius, RoselinTCR Ralhan, RanjuYY2 Gangane, Nitin

Iran ICR Entezari, Vahid

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Ireland ICR O'Connor, DarranIsrael ACS Merims, Sharon

ICR Nevo, IdoICR Lahav, JudithICR Haupt, YgalICR Pichinuk, Edward

Italy ICR Galvan, AntonellaICR Farsetti, AntonellaICR Nanni, SimonaYY2 Lupi, MonicaYY2 Molinaro, Eleonora

Kenya ICR Mutuma, GeoffreyMalaysia ICR Ariffin, HanyNepal APC Mainali, Ram Nath

APC Pariyar, SitaICR Shrestha, DilICR Rauniyar, RajICR Regmi, SurendraICR Sapkota, ShivaICR Thakur, BinayION Shah, TaraION Dhungana Poudel, ArchanaION Adhikari, BinuION Khatiwada, Indira

Niger ICRR Harouna, YacoubaNigeria ICR Oni, Christiana

ICR Adelusola, KayodeICR Abdulkareem, FatimahICR Olusina, Daniel

Pakistan ICR Khan, MuhammadICR Badar, FarhanaICR Rashid, Muhammad

Poland ICR Glodkowska, ElizaICR Kurzaj, ZuzannaYY1 Jakubowska, AnnaYY2 Poplawski, Tomasz

Romania ICR Lotrean, Lucia MariaICRR Popa, Monica

Russia ICR Iarovaia, OlgaICR Aushev, VasiliyYY1 Shebzukhov, Yuriy

Serbia and Montenegro ICR Panjkovic, Milana

ION Slankamenac, MarijanaSingapore ICR Villegas, Mariflor

ION Tan, MeiSlovakia ICR Reckova, MariaSweden ICR Rennstam, KarinSwitzerland ACS Riesterer, OliverThailand ICR Attasara, PattarawinTurkey ICR Satiroglu-Tufan, N Lale

ION Can, GulbeyazUganda ICRR Sewankambo, Nelson

ION Nagudi, ElizabethUkraine ICR Lukavetskyy, Nazar

ICR Shyyan, RomanICR Malanchuk, Oksana

United Kingdom ICR Ivakhno, SergiiUruguay ICR Ronco, Alvaro

ICR Gutiérrez Troncoso, MariaICRR Sabini, GracielaION Reche, Alicia

USA ICR Rabi, ThangaiyanYY1 Zaret, KennethYY1 Sibata, Claudio

Uzbekistan ICR Artykbaeva, GulnoraVietnam ICR Nguyen, Dieu Linh

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ACS American Cancer Society International Fellowship for Beginning Investigators

APC Asia-Pacific Cancer Society Training GrantICR International Cancer Technology Transfer

FellowshipICRR ICRETT Training WorkshopsION Trish Greene International Oncology Nursing

FellowshipTCR Translational Cancer Research FellowshipYY1 Yamagiwa-Yoshida Memorial International

Cancer Study Grants (April selection)YY2 Yamagiwa-Yoshida Memorial International

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Aoki, KunioAsh, CarolBaity, JohnBalmain, AllanBarrett, AnnBeltran Ortega, ArturoBrawer, MichaelBrien, GraemeBrzakovic, PredragBurger, MaxBurn, IanBurton, RobertCaceres, EdouardoCaligaris-Cappio,FedericoCerutti, PCharlton, AnneCiechanover, AaronCleaver, JCleton, FCognetti, FrancescoCollan, YrjöCollins, VDas, SamiranDe Garcia Granados,Enriquetade Nuñez, Isabel Denis, Louis JeanDiehl, VDietel, MDillner, JoakimDinshaw, Ketayun AEckhardt, SandorElovainio, LiisaGrammatica, LGray, NigelGrivegnée, AndréGupta, PrakashHakama, MattiHanks, GeoffreyHann, ByronHansen, HeineHeppner, GloriaHöffken, K

Höfler, HHoskins, William JHutter, RobertIhse, IngemarImai, KohzohJonas, AllanJunqueira, AntonioKavanagh, JohnKikuchi, KokichiKim, Jin-PokKim , Hoon-KyoKrasna, Mark Kurihara, MinoruKurkure, ArunLasser, PhillippeLawrence, WalterLevin, BernardLipatov, GeorgyLise, MarioLittbrand, BoLlombart- Bosch, AntonioLucas, GMagrath, Ian Mayer Zaharia, McVie, GordonMetcalf, DonaldMickelson, H FredMihich, EnricoMirand, EdwinMittra, IndraneelMiwa, MasanoMorgan, MichaelMusé Sevrini, IgnacioNambiar, RajNemez, LuisaNilsson, KennethNister, MonicaOmar, SherifOspina, Julio EnriquePavlovska, IrinaPeters, LRagde, HRajewsky, ManfredRingborg, Ulrik

Robinson, EliezerRosenthal, DavidRudolf, ZvonimirRuiz de Campos, LissethRutqvist, LSasaki, RyuichiroSeffrin, JohnSekhar, LaligamSenn, HansShah, JatinSheldrick, PSobin, LeslieSoedoko,RoemwerdinjadiSriplung, HutchaSrivastava, PStanbridge, EStanley, EStanley, E RichardStorme, GuySugarbaker, PaulTaguchi, TetsuoTahara, EiichiTang, Zhao-YouTattersall, MartinThomas, JoséTominaga, SuketamiToyoshima, KTrichopoulos, DTsuchida, NobuoTsuruo, TakashiUjhazy, VUllrich, AxelVázquez, TabaréWeber, WalterWilkinson, PhilipWilkinson, SusieWoelkers, JosephWyke, JohnYuile, PhillipZaridze, Davidzur Hausen, Harald

Through the Roll of Honour, UICC and its member organiza-tions recognise and acknowledge the outstanding commit-ment and achievements in the fight against cancer of individ-uals throughout the world.

UICC Roll of Honour

Cancer prevention and control

Strategic leadersSancho-Garnier, HélèneTajima, Kazuo (from July 2006)

Steering groupAnderson, AnnieBloch, BasilBurton, Robert

Cancer registrationHamdi-Chérif, MokhtarLoria, DoraOliva, Martha EPisani, PaolaZanetti, Roberto

Evidence-Based Cancer Prevention:Strategies for NGOS

EuropeAnderson, AnnieAzorin, Jean-ChristopheBiedermann, AndreasLynge, ElsebethSegnan, NereoSlama, Karen

Latin AmericaCamacho, RolandoDe Campos, LissethFerreccio, CatterinaGarces, MiguelMusé, Miguel

AsiaBurton, RobertDinshaw, KAKurkure, ArunShastri, SurendraTajima, Kazuo

Interphone study Andersen, Jorgen BachDenis, LouisHakulinen, TimoInskip, PeterMettlin, CurtisOlsen, JornRepacholi, MichaelTominaga, Suketami

National cancer control planningBhadrasain, VikramGiven, LeslieGueddana, Nabiha

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Harford, JoeJovicevic Bekic, AnaLodge, MarkRobinson, EliezerSabini, GracielaSepulveda, Cecilia

Women’s cancerAnderson, BenjaminFernandez, LeticiaJoudane, LeilaRodriguez, GuillermoSankaranarayanan, RTrimble, Ted

Tobacco control

Strategic leadersJoossens, Luk (from July 2006)Saloojee, Yussuf (until July 2006)

Tobacco control membershipBristol, DavidDaube, MichaelElovainio, LiisaGlynn, ThomasGray, NigelGupta, PrakashHayes, AndrewHirsch, AlbertKing, JeanKyle, KennethMickelson, H FredOmar, SherifPertschuk, MichaelSullivan, DeniseZatonski, WitoldZiv, Miri

GLOBALink tobacco controlChapman, SimonJadad, AlexSaloojee, YussufSimpson, DavidRatte, Sylviane

Vision/issuesCallard, CynthiaJohn, ShobaJoosens, LukMyers, Matthew LPertschuk, MichaelSweanor, DavidWarner, Kenneth EWilkenfeld, Judith

Knowledge transfer

Strategic leadersHarford, Joe (from July 2006)Nilsson, Kenneth (until July 2006)

Steering groupGospodarowicz, MaryKurkure, ArunKrammer, PeterPollock, Raphael EWilkinson, Susie

International cancer fellowships

Fellowship reviewers 2006Abelev, GarryAdamson, DouglasAdebamowo, ClementAgarwalla, DillipAgrez, MichaelAhmedzai, SamAitchison, MAlison, DawnAng, EmilyAro, ArjaAsh, DanAshcroft, MargaretAshworth, AlanAwuah, BaffourBaird, JesmeBarrett-Lee, PeterBartholomew, ChrisBeaugrand, MichelBellantuono, IlariaBerger, RolandBeverley, PeterBiberfeld, PeterBidmead, MargaretBilsland, AlanBlackledge, GeorgeBlake, PeterBoffetta, PaoloBosetti, CristinaBouziotis, PenelopeBrada, MichaelBrewster, DavidBrock, GrahamBrummendorf, TimBrunton, ValerieBryant, DonnaBurger, AngelikaCairney, ClaireCaligaris-Cappio, FedericoCameron, DavidCampo, M SaveriaCavenee, Webster

Cawkwell, LynnChester, JohnChow, MarieChu, KentCiatto, StefanoClaesson-Welsh, LenaCollins, AndrewComans, EmileCooper, ColinCozzi, LucaCummings, BernardDalgleish, ADe Palo, GiuseppeDecarli, AdrianoDeissler, HelmutDenny, WilliamDillner, JoakimD'Incalci, MaurizioDinshaw, Ketayun ADodd, GeraldDolecek, TDoyle, DerekDumontet, CharlesDunn, JeffEdwards, JoanneEilber, FEkbom, AndersEley, JohnEl-Omar, EErkal, HaldunEvans, GEvans, JeffFarrell, Paul JFerrarini, ManlioFranceschi, SilviaGant, TimothyGao, Yu TangGescher, AGlimelius, BengtGlynn, ThomasGoing, JamesGoldstraw, PeterGrant, WilliamGreaves, MelGregor, AnnaHaites, NevaHamblin, MichaelHande, PrakashHarford, JoeHarrison, PaulHaustermans, KarinHeldin, Carl-HenrikHenry, AnnHerfarth, ChristianHeys, SteveHicks, RodneyHigginson, Irene

Hirsch, FredHolland, JimmieHomer, Jarrod Honecker, FriedemannHopkins, KirstenHuddart, RobertHung, CIkeda, SadaoJarrett, RuthJohansson, HJohnson, JudithJunor, ElizabethKapadia, AlkaKaspers, GertjanKaur, RanjitKeith, NicolKhandani, AKing, JeanKitajima, MasakiKlein, EvaKoivisto, PasiKopnin, Boris PKoss, LeopoldKott, ItamarKovacs, GyulaKrammer, Peter HKrasuska, MalgorzataKrishna, BhagavathiKulakowski, AndrzejKumar, RakeshKuten, AbrahamLakhani, SunilLaura, EduardoLemerle, JeanLevendag, PeterLindahl, ThomasLindblom, AnnikaLlombart- Bosch, AntonioLoeffler, JLogue, JohnLuna Ortiz, KuauhyamaLundgren, ELuwia, MelissaLykkesfeldt, AnneMacGregor, FionaMadhavan Nair, KrishnanMairs, RobertMareel, MarcMattheiem, WolradMcLaughlin Anderson, MyrnaMcMillan, NigelMcNicol, AnneMetcalf, DonaldMetodiev, KMihich, EnricoMijnheer, BernardMilroy, Robert

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Mitelman, FelixMohan, HarshMoore, PearlMorris, DavidMorton, RandallMunro, AlastairNaruke, TsuguoNewell, HerbieNielsen, OleNilsson, KennethNoda, TetsuoNordenskjold, MagnusOien, KarinOnibokun, AdenikePahlman, LarsParker, PeterParmar, VaniPaul, MarinusPeake, MickPerrier-Bonnet, SabinePeters, GodefridusPeters, GordonPisani, PaolaPrice, PatPurushotham, AQuinn, DavidRajewsky, ManfredRao, KRisio, MauroRobins, DianeRoos, GöranRots, MarianneRüegg, CurzioSanlioglu, SalihSchätzlein, AndreasScheper, RikSchiffelers, RaymondSchmitt-Verhulst, AnneSchoket, BernadetteSchumpelick, VSchwartz-Albiez, ReinhardSenan, SureshShahina Parveen, UsmaniShin, DongShipley, JanetSimonsson, BengtSimpson, DavidSlevin, NicholasSoutar, DavidSpandidos, DemetriosSpeirs, ValérieSteward, JohnStewart, BernardSteyn, AnnStuart, RobertStudzinski, GeorgeSudderick, RobertSun, Shi-YongSyrjanen, KariThomadsen, BruceThomas, JoséUner, AysegulVan den Bent, MartinVan der Eb, AVan Poppel, HendrikVan Schil, PaulVassaux, GeorgesVeerman, AnjoVerheijen, RHMVerweij, JaapVilla, Luisavon Kleist, Sabine Vynckier, StefaanWahrendorf, JürgenWang, WeiguangWatson, RogerWebb, SteveWei, WilliamWeiler-Mithoff , EvaWerner, JochenWest, Matthew

Wigmore, StephenWilkinson, LauraWillecke, KWilson, CharlesWin, Khin KhinWooster, RichardYoung, LawrenceYron, IlanaZaffaroni, NadiaZalutsky, MichaelZheng, Shu Zheng Eh, Zhu, JingdeZimmerman, Robert

TNM core committeeAhmed, FaruqueAsamura, HisaoBrierley, JamesDenis, Louis JeanGospodarowicz, MaryGreene, Frederick LGroome, PattiHarford, JoeO'Sullivan, BrianPecorelli, SergioSobin, LeslieWittekind, Christian

TNM processAhmed, FaruqueGospodarowicz, MaryGreene, Frederick LGroome, PattiPecorelli, SergioSobin, Leslie

TNM expert panels BreastBoyages, JohnEdge, Stephen BEllis, IanFitzgibbons, Patrick LHayes, DanielPritchard, KathleenSingletary, Eva SonjaUpper gastrointestinalCarr, NormanCummings, BernardJohnson, PhillipKlöeppel, GünterPrimrose, JohnShimoda, TadakazuWinawer, SidneyWittekind, ChristianLower gastrointestinalCarr, NormanCompton, CarolynCummings, BernardJessup, J. MilburnLeer, Jan WilhelmWinawer, SidneyWittekind, ChristianGenitourinaryAkaza, HideyukiAlgaba, FernandoBartsch, GeorgDearnaley, DavidDenis, Louis JeanKirkali, ZiyaMontie, JamesPollack, AlanRoach III, MackSternberg, CoraThompson, IanGynaecologicalCreasman, William TFyles, AnthonyHoskins, William JKaye, StanleyMarkman, Maurie

Ngan, HextanPecorelli, SergioHead and neckBarnes, E LeonChan, John KCChong, VincentGregoire, VincentHall, SteveLee, AnnMukherji, SureshO'Brien, ChristopherO'Sullivan, BrianRhys-Evans, PeterShah, JatinLungBall, DavidBrambilla, ElisabethBrundage, MichaelGoldstraw, PeterLe Chevalier, ThierryPatz, NedTravis, WilliamLymphomaArmitage, JamesHoppe, RichardHorwich, AlanLister, AndrewMauch, PeterSpecht, LenaWirth, AndrewZucca, EmanueleSarcoma/boneBell, Robert S.Choong, PeterFisher, CyrilJudson, IanO'Sullivan, BrianPisters, PeterPollock, RaphaelRobinson, Martinvan de Rijn, MattVerweij, JaapSkinCascinelli, NataleElder, DavidHeenan, PeterLeBoit, Philip EMihm, MartinMurphy, GeorgePoulsen, Michael GThompson, John FTsang, Richard

TNM prognostic factorsAhmed, FaruqueGospodarowicz, MaryGreene, Frederick LGroome, PattiO'Sullivan, BrianSobin, LeslieWittekind, Christian

TNM Supplement editorialWittekind, ChristianSobin, Leslie

TNM Atlas editorialGreene, Frederick LSobin, LeslieWittekind, Christian

Capacity building

Strategic leadersBurton, Robert (until July 2006)Dunn, Jeff (from July 2006)

Hope LodgesBen Ayed, FarhadKutluk, TezerLavoie, Madeleine

Patient forumsBradburn, JaneDunn, JeffKaur, RanjitMoyer, CherylRyan, OlwynUlman, Doug

Psycho-oncologyEisinger, FrançoisGuex, PatriceHolland, JimmieSchraub, Simon

Reach to Recovery InternationalcommitteeKaur, RanjitDunn, JeffCunha Matos, Conceição MariaFantino, SusanaKozulina, IrinaSteyn, Ann

Bloom editorial boardKaur RanjitDunn, JeffHudson, TomSteyn, Ann

Conferences

Advisory group on internationalconferencesDenis, Louis JeanDunn, JeffElovainio, LiisaHeron, Michael FHill, DavidMoore, PearlSancho-Garnier, Hélène

Membership

Membership committeeCazap, EduardoDinshaw, Ketayun AKutluk, TezerMeili, BrunoMickelson, H Fred

eUICC

eUICC think tankBero, LisaDzenowagis, JoanGustafson, David HJadad, AlexKurkure, ArunLenhard, RaymondLorenzi, NancyLuciani, SilvanaMackillop, William JMiller, Daniel SRobles, SylviaWyatt, Jeremy

International Journal of Cancer

Editor-in-Chiefzur Hausen, Harald

Associate editorsEditorial board

Aaltonen, LauriAaronson, StuartAlitalo, KariArmstrong, BruceBarbacid, MarianoBarrett, John

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Trivandrum Breast Conference 2007Trivandrum, India, 23-25 February

2nd National Cancer Patient ForumAnkara, Turkey, 6-7 April

Innovation and clinical practice: Anti-cancer summit 2007Shanghai, China, 17-19 April

Asia and cancer management in the 21st centurySuntec, Singapore, 21-22 April

32nd Oncology Nursing Society annual congress Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 24-27 April

14th Reach to Recovery International BreastCancer Support ConferenceStockholm, Sweden, 30 May-2 June

All Russian National Forum: Health or Tobacco St Petersburg, Russia, 28-31 May

Stop cervical cancer in Latin America Buenos Aires, Argentina, 19-20 June

Current Trends in OncologyInternational Oncology ConferencePune, India, 24-26 August

1st Global Insight Conference on LeukaemiaMumbai, India, 10-11 September

Advance in Cancer Research and Drug Discovery:World Cancer ConferenceBeijing, China, 13-15 September

4th Congress of South Caucasian Oncologistsand RadiologistsTbilisi, George, 27-28 September

4th European Conference on Tobacco or Health Basel, Switzerland, 11-13 October

AORTIC 2007Cancer in Africa – Challenges and Opportunities24-28 October

ONS 8th Annual Institutes of LearningChicago, Illinois, USA, 9-11 November

19th Asia Pacific Cancer Conference and 1st APCC Nursing MeetingTehran, Iran, 15-17 November

2nd International Cancer Control ConferenceRio de Janeiro, Brazil, 25-28 November

Birchmeier, WalterBissell, MinaBlagosklonny, MikhailBoehm, ThomasBoland, C. RichardBoon, ThierryBrambilla, ElisabethBurger, MaxCavenee, WebsterComoglio, PaoloCorrea, PelayoCuzick, Jackde la Chapelle, AlbertEdwards, DylanEl-Deiry, WafikEsteller, ManelField, JohnGazdar, AdiGlennie, MartinGoldgar, DavidGreenberg, NormanGreider, CarolGrizzle, WilliamGyllensten, UlfHatakeyama, MasanorHeldin, Carl-HenrikHerman, JamesHolland, EricHollstein, Monica CHong, Waun KiHowley, PeterJarrett, RuthKadizoe, TadaoKleihues, PaulKnuth, AlexanderKorsmeyer, StanleyLa Vecchia, CarloLenoir, GilbertLoeb, LawrenceMalkin, DavidMeijer, CJMelief, KeesMeltzer, PaulMiyazono, KoheiMoore, PatrickMunger, KarlNarod, StevenNewbold, RobertNickoloff, BrianPark, Jae-GahbParkin, DonaldPerucho, ManuelPonder, BruceReddel, RogerReifenberger, GuidoRomero, PedroRowley, JanetRuoslahti, ErkkiShah, Keerti VShimotohno, KunitadaStratton, MichaelSundell, SherrylTaniguchi, TadatsuguTomlinson, IanVarshavsky, AlexanderVineis, PaoloWild, ChristopherYuspa, Stuart

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Financial report 2006Report of the Treasurer

The International Unionagainst Cancer (UICC)records its income and

expenditure in two distinct accounts.Unrestricted funds relate primarily tothe operations of the UICCSecretariat and are accounted in SwissFrancs. Restricted funds are designat-

ed for specific UICC programmesand are expressed in US Dollars. Forreporting purposes, the two sets ofaccounts are consolidated into onecombined financial statementexpressed in US Dollars.

The 2006 financial statements wereaudited by Deloitte SA, who are sat-isfied that the accounting recordscomply with Swiss laws and UICC’sarticles of incorporation and recom-mend that the financial statements beapproved (see page 38).

IncomeTotal unrestricted and restricted

income in 2006 amounted to US$7,721,190, compared with US$6,893,877 in 2005.

Unrestricted income, whichmainly covers the operations of theUICC Secretariat, amounted to US$2,800,040, a significant increase from2005.

Dues received from UICC mem-ber organizations remained, at US$

1,130,115, practically unchangedfrom the previous year but were thesingle most important unrestrictedcontribution to revenue. During thereporting year, 7 organizations can-celled their membership and 15organizations joined UICC. At theend of 2006, membership stood at277 organizations. Income from cor-porate partners is an additionalimportant source of unrestrictedincome.

Publications income received byUICC increased by 66% from theprevious year, due primarily to achange in the contractual arrange-ment with John Wiley & Sons, thepublisher of UICC's InternationalJournal of Cancer.

UICC benefited from a one-offcontribution of US$ 450,000 fromthe American Cancer Society as thelocal organizer of the 2006 UICCWorld Cancer Congress.

Restricted income, which is des-ignated for specific programmes and

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activities, increased slightly from 2005to US$ 4,921,150. UICC received in2006 contributions from over 30donors based around the world insupport of its different projects.

ExpenditureTotal unrestricted and restricted

expenditure in 2006 amounted toUS$ 7,618,716, compared with US$5,952,192 in 2005.

Unrestricted expenditure relat-ed to UICC's operating costsincreased from US$ 2,141,829 in2005 to US$ 2,409,202. This waspartly due to one-off expenditureincurred in connection with theWorld Cancer Congress. In addition,US$ 251,883 from unrestricted fundswas spent in direct support of differ-ent projects and initiatives.

Overall, the unrestricted expendi-ture was well contained within theannual budget. The unrestrictedaccounts for the year show a net sur-plus of US$ 390,837, which meansthat UICC was able to save a signifi-cant portion of the extraordinaryunrestricted income received in 2006as a reserve for its operations in 2007and beyond.

Restricted expenditure for pro-grammes and publications amountedto US$ 5,209,513. This represented asignificant increase in programmaticexpenditure from 2005. As therestricted funds are in principleaccounted for on a cash basis there canbe significant differences in a givenyear between funds received for desig-nated projects and funds disbursed.Some programmes had cash balancesthat were carried forward from 2005and contributed also to cover expen-diture occurred during 2006.

Fund balances and reservesThe operational surplus from the

unrestricted accounts is reflected in asignificant increase of the free unre-stricted funds balance, whichamounted to US$ 1,068,376 at theend of 2006. This also included anallocation of US$ 50,000 to thestatutory reserves, which stood atyear end at US$ 250,000.

The fund balances for the restrict-ed accounts reflected the increasedexpenditure on projects during thereporting period and stood at yearend at US$ 2,200,091.

In 2006, the Board of Directorsappointed a new Finance Committeethat, together with the Treasurer,ensures that UICC's finances areeffectively used and managed.

We would like to thank all UICCmember organizations for their loyalsupport. As the concept of nationalsubscriptions was modified in 2006, itwill be critical for UICC in futureyears to receive generous financialsupport from its members, in excessof the statutory annual dues, toensure a stable organizational futureand to engage in strategic activities.

We also take this opportunity tofurthermore express our gratitude toall our donors and supporters (seepage 40), without whom UICCcould not carry out its many activi-ties.

T he International UnionAgainst Cancer (UICC) isa non-profit, internation-

al, non-governmental organiza-tion governed in accordancewith the articles 60 to 79 of theSwiss Civil Code. Its objective isto advance scientific and med-ical knowledge in research, diag-nosis, therapy, and prevention ofcancer and to promote all otheraspects of the campaign againstcancer throughout the world.

UICC is governed by itsmember organizations, whichmeet in a General Assembly,held in conjunction with theUICC World Cancer Congress,every two years. Betweenassemblies, UICC is governedby a Board of Directors, elect-ed by the General Assembly,which is responsible for pro-gramme structure and imple-mentation. Its headquartersare in Geneva, Switzerland.

As a non-profit organizationdevoted to the public interest,UICC has been exemptedfrom income taxes by theSwiss tax authorities. UICC’sannual budget is supported bymembership dues, royaltiesfrom publications, andrestricted and unrestrictedgrants and donations fromcancer societies, foundations,government agencies, corpo-rations and individuals.

To support our work, visit theUICC website (www.uicc.org).

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2006 2005AssetsCurrent accounts 186,464 1,070,173Time deposits 2,725,781 2,353,048Membership dues, net 28,600 1,567Related parties 23,732 1,652Other receivable 80,073 22,168Pre-paid expenses 5,274 4,670Total current assets 3,049,924 3,453,278

Financial investments 750,000 750,000Fixed assets, net 43,498 44,598Total non-current assets 793,498 794,598

TOTAL 3,843,422 4,247,876

LiabilitiesAccounts payable and accrued expenses 194,695 149,421Reserve for restricted currencies 14,267 12,188Other liabilities 37,927 650,183Total current liabilities 246,889 811,792

Translation difference 78,066 20,089

Fund balance (unrestricted) 1,068,376 727,540Statutory reserve (unrestricted) 250,000 200,000Trust funds (donor restricted) 2,200,091 2,488,455Total fund balances 3,518,467 3,4154,995

TOTAL 3,843,422 4,247,876

2006 2005Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Total

IncomeGrants, contracts and donations 480,489 4,255,853 4,736,342 208,658 4,203,083 4,411,741Membership dues 1,130,116 1,130,116 1,133,654 1,133,654Corporate memberships 206,275 206,275 175,000 175,000Publications 858,509 540,885 1,399,394 516,191 499,970 1,016,161Various 124,651 124,412 249,064 120,589 36,732 157,321TOTAL 2,800,040 4,921,150 7,721,190 2,154,091 4,739,786 6,893,877

ExpenditureProjects and initiatives 251,883 4,569,299 4,821,182 100,154 3,168,461 3,268,615UICC congresses 177,326 177,326 7,783 7,783Publications 9,123 640,215 649,337 2,668 641,903 644,571Operating costs 1,970,870 1,970,870 2,031,224 2,031,224TOTAL 2,409,203 5,209,514 7,618,716 2,141,829 3,810,364 5,952,193

Income over expenditure 390,837 -288,363 102,474 12,262 929,422 941,684

Fund balances, beginning of year 727,540 2,488,454 3,215,994 765,278 1,559,032 2,324,309Allocation to statutory reserve 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000Fund balances, end of year 1,068,377 2,200,091 3,268,468 727,540 2,488,454 3,215,994

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Balance sheet at 31 December in US Dollars

Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, USA 1,119,438American Cancer Society, USA 984,000Merck, USA 340,000National Cancer Institute, USA 322,500Sanofi-aventis, France 313,722Cancer Research UK 240,975John Wiley & Sons, USA 205,000Rockefeller Foundation, USA 186,225European School of Oncology, Italy 173,414Japan National Committee for UICC 140,000Bristol-Myers Squibb, USA 131,200International Cancer Foundation, Switzerland 128,747European Community (via QUIT, UK) 110,698Norwegian Cancer Society 62,231Office fédérale de la santé publique, Switzerland 60,000Pfizer Oncology, USA 60,000Ligue nationale contre le cancer, France 55,087The Cancer Council Australia 32,205Novartis Oncology, Switzerland 31,275American Society of Clinical Oncology, USA 30,000Oncology Nursing Society, USA 30,000Susan G Komen for the Cure, USA 29,700National Cancer Institute, Canada 28,000Dutch Cancer Society 25,425National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids, USA 20,483Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Italy 18,000World Heart Federation, Switzerland 15,000GlaxoSmithKline, UK 12,492Danish Cancer Society 11,000Framework Convention Alliance, Switzerland 10,000Cancer Society of Finland 6,324

Relay For Life 81,332Roll of Honour 2,236Sundry contributions 14,477

RoyaltiesInternational Journal of Cancer 830,987Other publications 27,523

UICC Contributors 2006US dollars

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UICC is grateful to the corporate partners and donors whocontributed to our work in 2006. Many of the activitiesdescribed in this annual report would not have happenedwithout their generous support.

Corporate partnership is open to leaders of the medical sup-ply and technology, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthpublishing industries and other private sector companies.

Novartis Oncology

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Sanofi-aventis

Pfizer Oncology

John Wiley & Sons

Merck & Co

GlaxoSmithKline Oncology

UICC is the only international non-governmental organization dedicated exclusively to the global control of cancer.Its vision is of a world where cancer is eliminated as a major life-threatening disease for future generations.

resource for actionvoice for change

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