After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Union Against Cancer UICC created the Solidarity Fund to support the needs of cancer organizations trying to help patients affected by the conflict.

Organizations that generously donated to the Fund:

• The Dutch Cancer Society, which initiated the project,
• Danish Cancer Society,
• Swiss League Against Cancer
• Norwegian Cancer Society
• Cancer Society of Finland
• Icelandic Cancer Society
• European Society of Gynecological Oncology (ESGO)
• European Network of Gynecological Oncology Research Groups (ENGOT)
• Northern Society of Gynecological Oncology (NSGO)
• Division of Clinical Trials of the Northern Society of Gynecological Oncology (NSGO-CTU)
• Swedish Cancer Society
• Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC)
• Kom op tegen in Belgium
• International Society of Gynecological Oncology (IGCS)
• Barncancerfonden (Swedish Children's Cancer Foundation)

The UICC Solidarity Fund supported projects that help overcome the impact of the conflict on Ukrainian cancer patients and their families now and in the near future.
The World Against Cancer Charitable Foundation received 6 grants from the UICC Foundation. 4 of them have already been completed and approved. 2 projects are still being extended.

1. "Morphological and immunohistochemical diagnosis of breast cancer in women of Southeast Ukraine during the war" - September - December 2022 (project completed)
2. "Psychological support of cancer patients and their families in the city of Zaporozhye (Ukraine) during the war" - September - December 2022 (project completed)
3. "Treatment of severe morphine-resistant pain in patients with locally advanced primary inoperable head and neck cancer using radiofrequency thermal ablation of cranial nerve branches" - July - December 2023 (project completed)
4. "Morphological and immunohistochemical diagnosis of breast cancer in women of Southeast Ukraine during the war years" - July - October 2023 (project completed)
5. "Psychological support of oncology patients, their families, doctors and nurses of oncology departments of the city of Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) during the war" - December 2023 - May 2024
6. "Rehabilitation and care of cancer patients in Ukraine during the war" - December 2023 - May 2024

Patients, their families, doctors, founders and volunteers of the World Against Cancer Foundation thank the International Union Against Cancer and numerous international donors for their support in helping Ukrainian cancer patients.