UICC resources and publications

UICC resources and and publications

IJC new visual identity

TNM

As part of its knowledge portfolio, the UICC TNM Committee organised the annual TNM meeting, which took place virtually over two days in May. The meeting agenda covered updates from TNM committee members, publications and educational materials, including paediatric cancer staging modules released this year and preparations for the 9th Edition of the TNM classification. UICC has collaborated with the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry (NICR) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) to launch a supportive web-based staging tool for cancer registrars, CanStaging+, designed to maximise the availability of TNM staging rules in order to aid standardisation and comparability of cancer staging internationally.

International Journal of Cancer (IJC)

In 2021 UICC, IJC and Wiley continued to promote IJC articles via social media in relation to key health awareness days to increase visibility of the journal. The UICC, Wiley and the IJC editorial team worked on refreshing the brand of IJC to improve its visual identity, including the logo, and to better integrate the journal with UICC brands.

IJC’s impact factor increased from 5.145 in 2019 to 7.396. This has resulted in IJC advancing 17 places in the oncology rank to 42/242.

JCO Global Oncology

Following the successful World Cancer Leaders’ Summit, UICC collaborated with JCO Global Oncology to announce a special collection of papers on driving innovation to advance cancer control equitably. The papers will be released at the World Cancer Congress in Geneva (18-20 October 2022) and will look at such topics as the potential impact of innovation in oncology, critical actions towards improving equitable access to cancer innovation and impact measures for innovation in cancer.

International Cancer Control Partnership (ICCP)

UICC continues to work closely with the WHO, IAEA, NCI and other key partners on the ICCP. Over the year 2021, the ICCP technical assistance workgroup worked with several countries, utilising various technical assistance approaches to promote the development and implementation of National Cancer Control Plans (NCCPs). These approaches include reviewing NCCP plans, connecting country stakeholders with cancer control experts, sharing best practices and resources and communicating via the ICCP portal and other communication channels. UICC team members are on the ICCP Steering Committee, co-chair the technical assistance and communication working groups and co-authored several articles on the ICCP during the year on the importance of national cancer control planning, including an article in the magazine Foresight Global Health.