19 November 2020

Due to the COVID-19 situation, the workshop took place online with participation of representatives from the Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, D...

05 October 2020

Due to the COVID-19 situation, the NCU board meeting took place online.   COVID-19 and cancer in the Nordic countries The NCU board discussed...

09 June 2020

Strategic project on Covid-19 and cancer in the Nordic region NCU invites relevant applicants to apply for funding targeted at a strategic project ...

11 March 2020

Inspirational presentations   At the meeting inspirational presentations were given regarding models for funding of cancer research:    ...

05 March 2020

Long history of collaboration The Nordic Cancer Registry collaboration stretches all the way back to the early 1950s. One of the fruits of this col...

21 November 2019

NCU joins European Fair Pricing Network (EFPN)  The European Fair Pricing Network (EFPN) aims at achieving fair prices of cancer medicines and, mor...

26 September 2019

The background for the workshop was the knowledge that improvement in the field of cancer does not benefit everyone equally. People who live alone or ...

14 May 2019

Inspirational presentations At the meeting, inspirational presentations were given regarding: Ethics and Precision Medicine for cancer patien...

29 April 2019

1) Strategic projects concerning new tobacco products, snus and e-cigarettes NCU invites relevant applicants to apply for funding targeted at strat...

07 March 2019

At the meeting, inspirational presentations were given regarding: Data ethics in relation to social media - pitfalls, awareness points and oppor...

01 November 2018

At the meeting focus was on the following topics:   Men & Cancer   Cooperation with national cancerpatient organisations   ...

29 October 2018

NCU Board decided 24. October 2018 to support 2 strategic projects.   Cost and outcomes of cancer in the Nordic countries The aim of the stud...

26 October 2018

Principal investigator Project title Project workplace (principal investigator) Grants (eur...

15 June 2018

The Nordic Cancer Union (NCU) provides funding to support and stimulate collaborative cancer research within the Nordic countries. Researchers working...

01 June 2018

Mødet havde fokus på følgende temaer:   Kliniske forsøg i Norden   Information om Cancerfonden i Sveriges strategiske satsninger, herunder ...

29 May 2018

After discussions at the meeting in the Nordic Cancer Union (NCU) in February 2018 the members agreed on a call for mutual recognition of clinical app...

18 December 2017

The purpose of the NCU research grant is to support and stimulate collaborative Nordic research that will benefit cancer patients in the Nordic countr...

20 November 2017

Island har haft ordförandeskapet i Nordiska Cancer Unionen under perioden 2015 – 2017. Förre detta direktören för Isländska Cancerföreningen Ragnheiðu...

04 September 2017

Diskussionen omkring NCU 3 års plan 2018 – 2020 som startade i våras fortsatte vid mötet i Stavanger. Det rådde enighet om att den existerande strateg...

31 May 2017

The Nordic Cancer Union (NCU) provides funding to support and stimulate collaborative cancer research within the Nordic countries. Researchers working...

30 May 2017

Nordiska Cancer Unionens styrelse höll sitt andra möte i år i Kræftens Bekæmpelses lokaler i Köpenhamn den 29 maj.   Kræftens Bekæmpelse tar över ...

24 February 2017

Räkenskaper och budget Styrelsen fastställde räkenskaperna för året 2016 och budgeten för 2017. De finansiella översikterna bedömdes i enlighet med g...

06 January 2017

The purpose of the NCU research grant is to support and stimulate collaborative Nordic research that will benefit cancer patients in the Nordic countr...

14 December 2016

Forskningsanslag 2017 Styrelsen godkände Vetenskapliga Kommitténs förslag om att 16 projekt skulle tilldelas forskningsanslag för programperioden 201...

12 December 2016

Nu föreligger översikter från alla länderna samt ett försök att dra fram huvudlinjerna i den internationella utvecklingen på området. Dessa visar delv...

19 September 2016

Nordiska Cancer Unionens styrelse höll sitt tredje möte i år den 1 september i Gustavelund i Finland. Ordförandeskapet presenterade inledningsvis en...

16 June 2016

The Nordic Cancer Union (NCU) provides funding to support and stimulate collaborative cancer research within the Nordic countries. Researchers working...

14 June 2016

The Board of the Nordic Cancer Union held a meeting on the 30th of May in Reykjavik.  The statues of the NCU has been under scrutiny for some time...

31 May 2016

31.5.2016 - World No Tobacco Day (draft 24.05.16): Get ready for plain packaging in the Nordic Countries.   In the Nordic Countries more than 37 00...

26 February 2016

Nordiska Cancer Unionens styrelse höll sitt första möte i år den 19 februari i norska Kreftforeningens lokaler i Oslo. Styrelsen fastställde NCU:s räk...

10 February 2016

Annually, the Nordic Cancer Union proudly supports Nordic research on cancer by 750,000 Euros. This funding has proven to be successful in stimulating...

15 January 2016

Det Isländska Cancerförbundet och dess olika avdelningar har i slutet av förra året etablerat en vetenskapsfond för att förstärka cancerforskningen i ...

17 December 2015

The Nordic Cancer Union grants € 750.000 to cancer research The Nordic Cancer Union (NCU) has awarded 16 grants totaling € 750.000 to cancer research...

20 September 2015

The Nordic Cancer Union had a meeting in Helsingør, Denmark on the 7th of September 2015   Among the subjects on the agenda was the new NCU strategy...

01 September 2015

The Danish Cancer Society organizes every second year a summer school for young cancer researchers. The aim is to attract young talent to cancer resea...

24 August 2015

Hereby the annual report 2014 of the Nordic Cancer Union is published. In the annual report you can find information on NCU’s approved research grants...

18 June 2015

In beautiful weather the Board of the Nordic Cancer Union held one of its annual meetings in Reykjavik on the 22th of May 2015.   At its meeting in ...

12 June 2015

Funding is restricted to research that is in line with the NCU’s research strategy. The research strategy was adopted by the Nordic Cancer Union Board...

30 March 2015

Several women from Northern Jutland, who had a husbond, father or son working with asbestos, have been diagnosed with mesothelioma caused by the men’s...

30 March 2015

Tailored follow-up programs will be implemented on June 1st for Danish cancer patients who have finished their treatment. The Danish Cancer Society we...

28 March 2015

The Swedish Cancer Society has recently launched the appeal ”No to cancer” in order to gather all forces fighting against cancer.   The number of pe...

23 March 2015

Many interesting subjects were on the agenda for the meeting in Helsinki. At the meeting a new Scientific Committee was elected. The new members are: ...

16 March 2015

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09 January 2015

After 3 years having served as chairman of the Nordic Cancer Union, Jákup N. Olsen  has handed the chairmanship over to Iceland. From the 1. January 2...

19 December 2014

Organized cancer screening programmes must be re-evaluated continuously   Organized cancer screening has been ongoing in Finland since the late 1960...

15 October 2014

The Nordic Cancer Union (NCU) recently awarded € 750.000 to cancer research in 2015. A total of 15 research projects, promoting Nordic cooperation wit...

14 October 2014

Among the subjects on the agenda was Bo Koenbergs report on future cooperation in the field of health in the nordic countries from June 2014. In the r...

16 September 2014

The Swedish Cancer Society’s core activity is to finance cancer research. In 2015 the Research Commission will award roughly 430 million Swedish krono...

16 September 2014

September is prostate cancer month with an international prostate cancer day on 15 September. Then men around the world will create awareness about th...

27 August 2014

Hereby the annual report 2013 of the Nordic Cancer Union is published. In the annual report you can find information on NCU’s approved research grants...

23 June 2014

The Nordic Cancer Union (NCU) provides funding to support and stimulate collaborative cancer research within the Nordic countries. Researchers working...

16 June 2014

Cardiovascular disease in cancer survivors was 30% higher than expected in the general population. The absolute excess risk was 400 extra cases with c...

29 May 2014

On this warm summerday, the Nordic Cancer Union held it’s general assembly on the North Atlantic Bridge in Copenhagen. At the meeting, the general...

20 February 2014

The Nordic Cancer Union had a meeting in Copenhagen on the 17th of February 2014. Many interesting subjects were on the agenda for the meeting in C...

22 January 2014

On the 20. and 21. January 2014, the Westnordic Ministers of Health held their meeting in Tórshavn on the Faroe Islands. The Westnordic Health Ministe...

04 December 2013

On the 30th of October the Nordic Council adopted a resolution concerning focus on long-term perspectives on cancer in the Nordic countries and cooper...

14 November 2013

The Nordic Cancer Union (NCU) recently awarded € 750.000 to cancer research in 2014. A total of 17 research projects, promoting Nordic cooperation wit...

29 September 2013

In November 2012 Høgni Hoydal and Helgi Abrahamsen, two members of parliament on the Faroe Islands, submitted a resolution to the Nordic Council conce...

15 August 2013

Also there is information on what the cancer unions in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands have achieved in 2012. You can ...

28 May 2013

The Nordic Cancer Union consist of  the Finnish, Swedish, Icelandic, Danish, Norwegian and Faroese Cancer Societies, at this is a recommendation on be...

27 May 2013

The Nordic Cancer Union has 4 yearly meetings. As the Faroe Islands have the chairmanship at the moment, two meetings are held in the Faroe Islands a...