International rapid transfer of cancer control knowledge and technology
Since its inception in 1976, the UICC fellowships have contributed to the development of the professional capacity of over 2500 UICC Fellows from over 110 countries by facilitating appropriate person-to-person training in specific areas that are relevant to cancer control activities and clinical management being conducted in the Fellows’ home countries.
The aim of the UICC technical fellowships is to allow the international exchange of knowledge and to enhance skills in cancer control, prevention and treatment and to allow the acquisition of diagnostic and therapeutic clinical expertise that can be applied in the fellows’ home organizations upon their return.
7 Cancer Topics
The Technical Fellowship programme aims to support health workers and cancer professionals who wish to gain skills or knowledge in any of the seven topics listed below.
- Cancer prevention
- Causes of cancer
- Cancer registries, analysis of cancer data
- Early detection, pathology, diagnosis, and prognosis
- Cancer treatment
- Patient support, survivorship and palliative care
- Health economics, universal health coverage and policy, national cancer control plans