World Cancer Day
World Cancer Day is held annually on February 4 and has the aim to focus on the prevention, research and treatment of cancer into the public consciousness. He was international contre le cancer of the Union, established in 2006 by the World Health Organization and other organizations to life.
The UICC World Cancer coordinates at which nearly 300 organizations participate by its own account in 86 countries around the world - including the German Cancer Society, the German Cancer Aid and the German Cancer Research Center. In the day of action so far was the prevention and control of cancer in children in the foreground.
Official ceremony in Germany
With a first official ceremony in the city of Bonn World Krebstag 2014, the German Cancer Aid has launched the significance of the International Remembrance Day into the public consciousness. In the ceremony in the historic Old Town Hall of the German Cancer Aid price was at the world - Krebstag researchers Dr. Hans- Jochem Kolb and Dr. Hans -Georg Rammensee awarded for their pioneering work in the field of immunotherapy in the presence of the leadership of the German Cancer Society ( DKG ) Berlin praised cancer Society CEO Hans -Peter Krämer, that with the close collaboration of these two professional organizations a new era had begun in the fight against cancer. The DKG with over 6,600 members and the great civil rights movement German Cancer Aid worked in their cooperation in terms of the persons concerned against the widespread disease of cancer.
Year of rethinking
2010 was the Nobel laureate in medicine and then president of the German Cancer Aid, Harald zur Hausen, first launched on World Cancer Day, a cross-border initiative with the aim to rethink the population. Parents and grandparents in the world would have to be in the healthy behavioral model for the children and grandchildren. "Through a long-term lifestyle change is almost half of all cancers can be prevented ," said the international cancer researchers.
In 2011, a World - Krebstag enhanced information campaign " actively prevent cancer The " started to point to the intensely vital prevention citizens in the media age, the German Cancer Aid (Bonn). Served this purpose comprehensive material such as updated technical brochures of the series " The Blue Guide ", which is funded by donations from the citizens of the German Cancer Aid and delivered throughout the year free of charge to interested people in other European countries.
Gloomy outlook 2030
On World Krebstag 2013 Experts have predicted that " global cancer epidemic is on the rise ." It is a disease that know no borders, and " every man will relate either directly or indirectly during our lifetime ." At the same time there is reason for hope, because " many types of cancer, once considered a death sentence, can be cured today." Still applies the principle: " Early recognized - curable". According to UICC currently receive each year more than 12 million people worldwide diagnosed with cancer, 7.6 million die from cancer. The trend is rising. Experts estimate that every year about 26 million people are diagnosed with cancer worldwide in 2030 and 17 million people will die from it.
New hope for vaccinations
New hopes set UICC and German Cancer Aid to they support cancer research and is already available vaccines. As is proved by researchers that viral diseases such as hepatitis and cause infections with human papillomavirus and Epstein -Barr virus specific cancer diseases, the prevention of such infections is important. Against hepatitis B and HPV infection are effective vaccines ( HPV vaccine ) are available.