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General Assembly 2010

- Special information for representatives of UICC members -

Join the UICC General Assembly on Wednesday, 18 August 2010. Don't miss the deadline beacause each vote counts! The General Assembly will elect President-Elect and members of the Board of Directors. The deadline to send credentials for both full (voting) members and associate members (observers) is 15 June 2010.

Improve training opportunities for cancer control professionals

(ESO e-grandround in co-operation with UICC)
GEJ and gastric cancers: Treatment overviewGEJ and gastric cancers: Treatment overview
GR91 - 01 Apr 2010 - 18:15-19:00 CET
Expert: Johanna Bendell, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN, USA
Discussant: Daniel Helbling, Onkozentrum Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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The Role of HPV Vaccines in Cervical Cancer Prevention in The Asia-Pacific Region

Sharing knowledge to influence practice and solve service delivery challenges

On 26 March, the Asia-Pacific Webinar will be held at the AOGIN 2010 Conference in New Delhi, India from 08:00-09:30.
You may participate in person at the AOGIN 2010 Conference or through the webinar. Everyone is welcome to view and participate in the webinar. The Asia-Pacific Webinar will be streamed live over the internet. Please visit the URL site before the webinar to make sure you can access the site from your computer.

How to Participate http://my.ibpinitiative.org/?8vfs8444
Webinar URL - http://wstech.wstream.net/aogin/100327 http://wstech.wstream.net/aogin/100327
To obtain more information about AOGIN 2010 visit the conference website http://www.aoginindia.or/welcome.asp.

5th International APOCP Conference

SUVAK and the Ministry of Health, members of the UICC will be hosting the 5th International APOCP SUVAK and the Ministry of Health, members of the UICC will be hosting the 5th International APOCP Conference on 3-7 Avril 2010, in Istanbul, Turkey, under the auspices of the UICC. More information is available in the final programme.

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A mother's inspirational skin cancer battle

Doctors never discovered the mole that led to 37-year-old Katie Pratt's skin cancer.
The first the mother-of-three knew about it was when she had developed malignant lumps in her neck.
Friends and family were inspired by her courageous fight with the disease, which she chronicled in a regular blog.
But two years later Katie was dead. Read More

Fifty-third session of the COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS

Vienna, Austria, 8 - 12 March 2010 - The Economic and Social Council established the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in 1946 as the central policy-making body of the United Nations in drug related matters. The Commission enables Member States to analyse the global drug situation, provide follow-up to the twentieth special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem and to take measures at the global level within its scope of action.