“Please, don’t forget us.”
We swear that we will not forget them.
The board of ICEDOC, Vienna Statement, 25 September 1996
International Campaign for Establishment and Development of Oncology Centers
A network of volunteer cancer experts working to make better-value cancer care affordable in every part of the world. No one has to lose: patients, health systems and industry can all win.
Why ICEDOC exists
When ICEDOC was founded, reasonable cancer therapy was available to only 10–15% of the world’s cancer patients. Every one of those patients has a family, friends and a community who suffer with them.
ICEDOC brings together volunteer oncologists, physicists, nurses, administrators, manufacturers and health authorities. Its aim is to increase cancer management facilities, improve the ones that exist, and fit treatment to the real conditions of each region.
Three principles
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Not competitors but allies with all
ICEDOC complements existing organizations, societies and authorities. It does not duplicate them.
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With all, towards more cancer care facilities
Every effort goes to increasing cancer management facilities and the quality of those that exist.
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Classic and innovative approaches
Proven methods alongside new scientific and win-win scenarios, tailored to each region.
What ICEDOC works for
- Increase cancer management facilities in the world.
- Improve the quality of existing services.
- Decrease the morbidity and mortality of cancer.
- Promote early detection tailored to each region, and link it with more available treatment.
- Tailor treatment protocols, modalities and departments to each region’s conditions and socio-economic factors, with the views of local care givers and the community, so results stay within an acceptable range.
- Conduct relevant research.
Thirty years of work
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1993
Prof. Ahmed Elzawawy drafts the first manuscript of the ICEDOC statement in Egypt.
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1996
The founding meeting in Vienna, 24–25 September, declares ICEDOC to the world. Read more
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1999
ICEDOC is registered as a non-governmental, non-profit organization in Texas, USA.
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2000
Expert missions and workshops in Georgia, Algeria, Thailand, China, India and Kuwait. Read more
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2007
The Win-Win scientific initiative is proposed. SEMCO holds its first conference with ASCO in Cairo. Read more
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2013
Prof. Elzawawy begins his term as President of AORTIC, 2013–2015.
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2016
The Win-Win initiative joins the Harvard Global Health Catalyst.
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2019
It grows into the Global Health Catalyst Win-Win Movement.
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2022
Publication of “Approaching Global Oncology: The win-win model” with more than 100 co-authors. Read more
Latest news
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GO-U collaborative win-win education model at the Global Health Catalyst Summit
During the Global Health Catalyst Summit, 7–9 July 2022 in Washington, D.C., the Global Oncology University (GO-U) presented its collaborative win-win education model.
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New book: “Approaching Global Oncology: The win-win model”
Our book was published on 10 June 2022 by IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK. It is edited by Ahmed Elzawawy and Wilfred Ngwa, with 45 chapters by more than one hundred co-authors. The front matter, including the summary, the first chapter and the abstracts of all chapters, is free online for all.
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Hunger, health and cancer care: a call to all
“The Hunger, Health and Cancer Care. A call to all: Be their voice.” A statement by Prof. Ahmed Elzawawy, 12 November 2021.
A living book, published 10 June 2022
Approaching Global Oncology: The win-win model
Edited by Ahmed Elzawawy and Wilfred Ngwa, with 45 chapters by more than one hundred co-authors. The front matter, first chapter and every chapter abstract are free to read online.