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NCI @ the 2024 World Cancer Congress

September 17 – September 19, 2024

International Conference Center Geneva Geneva, Switzerland

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The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Center for Global Health (CGH) are participating in several scientific and rapid fire oral abstract sessions at the Union for International Cancer Control 2024 World Cancer Congress, September 17-19, 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland. 

View the 2024 World Cancer Congress program
(All times listed below are in CET)

Connect with NCI Staff at our Booth - Stand #7/8

Stop by the NCI booth to connect with staff and learn about NCI programs, resources, and funding opportunities. For more information about the International Cancer Control Partnership and cancer control resources, come to the booth Wednesday, September 18th at 10:00am CET.

Scientific Sessions with NCI Staff

Format Session Location Date | Time
In-person

UICC/ WHO Policy Dialogue 1 -
Shaping innovation: driving the research agenda & access to clinical trials 

Foyer International

September 17th -
12:10 - 1:10 PM

In-person 2023 Global Review of National Cancer Control Plans: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice  Room 9

September 17th -
2:20 - 3:20 PM

In-person Multi-cancer early detection: what's happening and what's on the horizon Amphitheatre D

September 17th -
3:40 - 4:40 PM

In-person Cancer prevention that works: reducing cancer burden faster through multisectoral collaborations Amphitheatre D

September 18th -
3:10 - 4:10 PM

In-person New and old challenges in tobacco control: advancing innovative measures while ensuring implementation of established ones Plenary E

September 18th -
3:10 - 4:10 PM

In-person How can behavioral science and implementation science help cancer health systems to regain lost ground post-pandemic and strengthen provision to address cancer burden in the future? Insights from research and innovation in the Global South, EU, UK, and US Plenary C

September 18th -
4:40 - 5:40 PM

In-person Women, power, and cancer: towards equitable, gender-transformative cancer prevention, care, and control  Amphitheatre D

September 19th -
8:30 - 9:30 AM

In-person Forward looking tobacco policies in an age of political uncertainty Plenary C

September 19th -
11:10 AM -12:10 PM

Digital  Supportive Care: Co-creating resources for sustainability and scaling  Online N/A 
Digital Progress in childhood cancer data sharing to inform policy and accelerate care and research Online N/A

Scientific Abstracts with NCI Authors

Abstract Type  Title Location Date | Time 
Rapid Fire Insights from the U.S. National Cancer Institute's Clinical Trial Search Service  Room 4 

September 17th -
4:40 - 5:10 PM

Rapid Fire Effect of "No Safe Level" Risk Relationship Messaging on Perceptions of Alcohol Use and Cancer Risk  Room 4

September 18th -
12:50 - 1:50 PM

Rapid Fire Targeting Cervical Cancer Elimination and the Global Breast Cancer Initiative in The Americas through telementoring: A PAHO and MD Anderson Collaboration Room 4

September 18th -
4:10 - 4:40 PM

Rapid Fire 

Priorities and Challenges to Cancer Therapeutic Clinical Trials in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Insights from a Global NCI Survey Room 4

September 19th -
9:40 - 10:40 AM

E-Library An overview of the U.S. National Cancer Institute's (NCI) 2023 international research portfolio in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) N/A N/A
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