{"entity":{"id":"norwegian-cancer-society","kind":"institution","name":"Norwegian Cancer Society","aka":["Kreftforeningen"],"tldr":"Norway's national cancer charity: free advice by phone and at Vardesenter meeting places in the largest hospitals, free legal help, and more than 200 million kroner a year for research.","summary":"Kreftforeningen describes itself as one of Norway's largest user and interest organisations, working so that fewer people get cancer, more survive it and patients and relatives have a better quality of life. It reports 135,000 members, 13,000 volunteers and 200 staff, with eight offices covering every county. Its home page states that it awards more than 200 million kroner a year to research. Patients and relatives can use its free advice service, free legal help, volunteer practical help and Vardesenteret, free meeting places at the largest hospitals. UICC lists it as a Full Member.","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"About Kreftforeningen (Norwegian)","url":"https://kreftforeningen.no/om-oss/"},{"label":"Kreftforeningen home page","url":"https://kreftforeningen.no/"},{"label":"UICC member profile","url":"https://www.uicc.org/membership/norwegian-cancer-society"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["uicc"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Oslo","country":"NO","lat":59.913,"lng":10.752,"institutionType":"consortium","website":"https://kreftforeningen.no","programs":["Free advice service for patients and relatives","Vardesenteret meeting places at large hospitals","Free legal help (rettshjelp)","Research funding","Prevention and policy work on tobacco, nicotine and HPV"]},"route":"/institutions/norwegian-cancer-society/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"uicc","kind":"institution","name":"Union for International Cancer Control","route":"/institutions/uicc/"}]}}