Cancer Organizations Around the World

Africa

The African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer, building cancer research and care capacity across Africa.

Europe

Alliance of national cancer societies across Europe; coordinates the European Code Against Cancer messaging and tobacco-control advocacy.

Canada

Delivers Canada's national cancer control strategy with provinces, territories and First Nations, Inuit and Métis partners.

Australia

Australia's national government cancer control agency; publishes clinical guidance and consumer resources.

Global

Works city by city in low- and middle-income countries to design and fund locally owned cancer treatment services.

Europe

Brings together European oncology professional societies and patient groups to shape EU cancer policy.

Global

Works to close the global gap in radiotherapy access, which most low- and middle-income countries lack at scale.

Global

UN atomic energy agency programme building radiotherapy and nuclear medicine capacity in countries that have little or none.

Global

The World Health Organization's cancer research agency; produces GLOBOCAN incidence estimates and the IARC Monographs on carcinogenic hazards.

Global

Membership body for more than 1,100 cancer organisations in over 170 countries and territories; convenes the World Cancer Congress and runs World Cancer Day.

Global

Sets global cancer control policy and runs the initiatives on cervical cancer elimination, childhood cancer and breast cancer.

United States

The largest voluntary cancer organisation in the United States: 24/7 helpline, free lodging, research funding and screening guidelines.

Spain

Spain's national cancer association: free psychological and social support, plus research funding.

Canada

Canada's national cancer charity: information line, lodges near treatment centres, transport and research funding.

Australia

Federation of Australia's state cancer councils: the 13 11 20 information line, research funding and prevention policy.

Finland

Finland's national cancer organisation, running screening registries, counselling and research grants.

New Zealand

New Zealand's national cancer organisation: information line, accommodation, transport and research grants.

Sweden

Sweden's largest independent funder of cancer research, plus a public cancer information line.

South Africa

South Africa's national cancer association: screening, care homes near treatment centres and patient support.

Germany

Germany's leading cancer charity, funding research, patient counselling and treatment centres.

Greece

Greece's national cancer society, focused on prevention, screening and patient welfare.

India

India's oldest national cancer charity: screening camps, treatment funding for poorer patients and survivor support.

Ireland

Ireland's national cancer charity: free nurse line, night nursing at end of life, transport to treatment and research funding.

Israel

Israel's national cancer association: rehabilitation services, helplines and research grants.

Japan

Japan's national cancer society, focused on screening delivery and public education.

Kenya

Umbrella network of Kenyan cancer organisations, running awareness, advocacy and patient-support work. Replaces the Kenya Cancer Association entry, whose own site is no longer online.

South Korea

South Korea's cancer society, running public awareness and early-detection work.

Denmark

Denmark's cancer society, with its own research centre and a national counselling network.

Switzerland

Swiss national cancer league with cantonal member leagues providing local patient support.

Norway

Norway's national cancer society, funding research and running patient advice services.

Netherlands

The Netherlands' national cancer society, funding Dutch cancer research and patient support.

France

France's national cancer league: local patient support committees, research funding and tobacco-control advocacy.

Nigeria

Nigeria's national cancer society, working on awareness, screening access and advocacy.

Austria

Austria's cancer aid organisation, offering counselling centres and prevention campaigns.

Portugal

Portugal's national anti-cancer league, running screening programmes and patient support.

Singapore

Free screening, treatment subsidies, hospice home care and welfare support in Singapore.

Türkiye

Türkiye's national cancer control association, running awareness and early-detection programmes.

United States

Funds breast cancer research worldwide, with an unusually high share of income going to grants.

United States

Funds cancer immunotherapy research exclusively and maintains a global immunotherapy clinical trial finder.

United Kingdom

The world's largest independent cancer research funder, and a major source of plain-language patient information and UK statistics.

United Kingdom

Funds cancer research carried out in Wales.

Europe

Runs large independent, academic cancer clinical trials across Europe, including in rare cancers industry rarely studies.

France

French foundation funding cancer research exclusively, from discovery through to clinical trials.

Italy

Italy's principal cancer research funder, supported by a large public fundraising base.

Germany

Germany's national cancer research institute; also runs the public cancer information service.

France

Paris research institute and hospital group; a major European centre for cancer research and treatment.

Brazil

Brazil's national cancer institute; sets national cancer policy and publishes incidence estimates.

Global

Partnership of cancer research funders that maps who is funding what, to reduce duplication and expose gaps.

Global

Funds prostate and testicular cancer research and men's mental health programmes in more than 20 countries.

Japan

Japan's national cancer centre; publishes the country's cancer statistics and treatment information.

Canada

Raises funds for one of the world's larger comprehensive cancer centres, in Toronto.

India

India's largest cancer centre; treats a high proportion of patients free or subsidised and runs national research.

Canada

Funds Canadian cancer research from the Terry Fox Run, including a national network of research institutes.

United Kingdom

Funds early-stage discovery cancer research in any country, chosen by international peer review.

United Kingdom

Funds blood cancer research and provides a support line covering leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma.

United Kingdom

UK bowel cancer charity focused on earlier diagnosis, screening uptake and support for younger patients.

United Kingdom

Largest dedicated brain tumour funder in the UK; runs the HeadSmart earlier-diagnosis campaign.

Australia

Australia's breast cancer consumer network, with a helpline and a large online community.

United Kingdom

UK breast cancer research and support charity; runs a nurse helpline and the Breast Cancer Now Tissue Bank.

Global

Global myeloma organisation running a patient hotline, support groups and the International Myeloma Working Group.

United Kingdom

UK melanoma charity running a nurse helpline and producing melanoma clinical guidelines.

United Kingdom

UK ovarian cancer research charity with a focus on symptom awareness and genetic risk.

United Kingdom

Specialist nurse helpline, research funding and campaigning on the UK's poor pancreatic cancer survival.

Australia

Funds Australian prostate cancer research and specialist prostate cancer nurses.

United Kingdom

Funds prostate cancer research and runs a specialist nurse service; campaigns on earlier detection in higher-risk men.

United Kingdom

The UK's bone and soft tissue cancer charity; support line, research funding and diagnosis campaigning.

Netherlands

Dutch breast cancer charity funding quality-of-life research and survivorship projects.

India

India's national childhood cancer organisation, with hospital support units and family accommodation.

Australia

Support for 12-25 year olds affected by cancer, their own or a family member's.

Mexico

Mexican charity funding treatment, accommodation and nutrition for children with cancer from low-income families.

Global

Federation of around 190 parent and survivor organisations in more than 90 countries.

United Kingdom

Funds childhood cancer research and welfare support in the UK.

Argentina

Argentine foundation supporting children with cancer and their families during treatment.

Colombia

Colombian foundation supporting children with cancer and their families through treatment.

Global

Global professional society for childhood cancer clinicians and researchers; sets treatment and supportive-care standards.

Global

Works with partner hospitals worldwide to raise childhood cancer survival, including the WHO Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines.

United Kingdom

Funds specialist NHS units and nurses for 13-24 year olds so they are treated alongside people their own age.

Global

Partners with hospitals in low-income countries to improve childhood cancer diagnosis, treatment and follow-up.

United Kingdom

Social workers, grants and free accommodation for children and young people with cancer and their families.

Europe

Patient umbrella group for colorectal, gastric, oesophageal, pancreatic and liver cancers across Europe.

Europe

European breast cancer coalition with member groups in more than 45 countries, focused on screening quality and access.

Europe

Umbrella organisation for European lung cancer patient groups; works on stigma, screening and treatment access.

Global

Worldwide network of lymphoma patient groups; publishes a recurring global patient experience survey.

Europe

Network of myeloma and AL amyloidosis patient organisations across Europe.

Europe

Multi-stakeholder partnership working on the specific problems of cancers too rare for routine trials and pathways; now run as the ESMO Rare Cancers Working Group.

Global

The main global professional society for cancer doctors; publishes guidelines and the patient site Cancer.Net.

China

China's national oncology professional association, issuing Chinese cancer treatment guidelines.

Europe

Publishes widely used clinical practice guidelines and patient guides, and runs Europe's main medical oncology congress.

United States

Publishes the treatment guidelines most US oncologists work from, plus free plain-language versions for patients.

Poland

Poland's oncology professional society, publishing national treatment recommendations.

United Kingdom

UK stem cell register and cord blood bank, matching donors to people with blood cancer.

Global

Ships donated medicines, including oncology and palliative care drugs, to under-resourced health systems worldwide.

Global

International stem cell donor centre that has registered more than 12 million potential blood cancer donors.

Global

Runs the world's largest registry of volunteer blood stem cell donors, used for transplants across borders.

Global

Builds cancer treatment capability inside public health systems in countries such as Rwanda, Haiti and Malawi.

Hong Kong

Free cancer support service centres across Hong Kong, offering counselling and practical help.

United States

Free navigation for practical survivorship problems, including the Livestrong Fertility programme.

United Kingdom

Drop-in centres beside NHS cancer hospitals offering free psychological, benefits and practical support without referral.

Canada

Free programmes for Canadians with cancer and their families — counselling, exercise, money coaching — with no referral needed.

Global

Global body working on access to palliative care and to opioid pain relief, which most of the world still lacks.

United Kingdom

UK end-of-life charity providing hospices and nursing care at home for people with terminal illness.

Global

Network of national hospice and palliative care organisations; publishes the Global Atlas of Palliative Care.

India

Indian charity providing treatment funding, medicines, nutrition and counselling to patients who cannot pay.

United Kingdom

UK-wide practical, emotional and financial support, including a free helpline and specialist Macmillan nurses.