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It publishes the IPOS Standard of Quality Cancer Care, runs a multilingual core curriculum in psycho-oncology, a World Congress and World Psycho-Oncology Day, and with ESMO and the European Cancer Patient Coalition produced a patient guide on survivorship. The IPOS Federation of national psycho-oncology societies has its stated objective as speaking in a unified voice for optimal psychosocial care for all cancer patients and their families at all stages of disease and survivorship; on 4 November 2026 its Federation page listed 36 countries, 28 of them with a country page naming the national society. 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