Nordic Cancer Union (NCU)

The Nordic Cancer Union (NCU) was founded in 1949. It is a collaborative body consisting of representatives from the Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Faroese cancer societies. NCU was established to enhance cooperation between the cancer societies in the Nordic countries. The strategies and priorities for NCU are stipulated for three-year periods by the NCU Board. They follow the rolling three-year presidencies hold by each cancer society in time. Currently, The Cancer Society of Finland holding the presidency for the term 2021 - 2023. The NCU Board meets three or four times annually. The meetings are a forum to facilitate discussion and information exchange about diverse activities at national levels. They also serve to decide on grants to be awarded by the NCU, both for scientific research (with participants from at least three Nordic countries) and for strategic projects (e.g., Covid-19 and cancer, Immigrants and cancer, Total cost of cancer) one million euro total each year. NCU is supporting Nordic cancer research collaboration through its research grants (bottom-up), while the strategic grants (top-down) are for supporting the strategic aims of the Nordic Cancer Union.