Union Internationale contre le cancer

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Union internationale contre le cancer ( UICC ) ( German  international association against cancer ) is the name of an international organization based in Geneva , which is dedicated to the research, prevention and treatment of cancer . The UICC was founded in 1933.

The UICC unites 276 member organizations in 86 countries in the fight against cancer, including the German Cancer Society , the German Cancer Aid and the German Cancer Research Center .

In 2006 the UICC, together with the World Health Organization and other organizations, launched World Cancer Day , which is dated February 4th . It goes back to Article 10 of the so-called "Paris Charter" of February 4, 2000.

Staging according to UICC

According to the specifications of the UICC, stages of cancer can be summarized in five stage groups according to the TNM classification . This means that all key features of tumor classification can be taken into account and given a weighting. For example, all cases in which distant metastases were diagnosed (M1) are assigned to UICC stage IV , regardless of the stage of the primary tumor and the lymph node involvement .

Example: Stages of carcinoma of the ampulla Vateri (UICC Vers. 6, 2002)
Stage 0 Tis N0 M0
Stage IA T1 N0 M0
Stage IB T2 N0 M0
Stage IIA T3 N0 M0
Stage IIB T1, T2, T3 N1 M0
Stage III T4 Every N M0
Stage IV Every T Every N M1

The UICC classification is different for the individual tumors. In colorectal cancer there are z. B. also IIc, IIIa-IIIc, IVa and IVb.

See also

literature

  • Leslie H. Sobin, Mary K. Gospodarowicz, Christian Wittekind: TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours . 7th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Somerset 2011, ISBN 978-1-4443-5896-4 ( books.google.de - reading sample).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Origin of World Cancer Day Frequently Asked Questions. In: worldcancerday.org, UICC. Retrieved February 3, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Peter J. Neuhaus, Christian F. Wittekind: Definitive stage grouping . In: Classification of Malignant Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract II . Springer Science & Business Media, Heidelberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-43016-2 , p. 201-202 ( books.google.com excerpt).
  3. ↑ Wittekind / Meyer: TNM classification of malignant tumors. 7th edition.