ICONIC: An international task force supporting collaboration in nutrition and cancer globally

Cancer represents a major cause of mortality globally and by 2050 will be the ill health death across world, most particularly in low- middle-income countries (LMIC). For forty years, there has been increasing recognition need to better understand how modifiable factors related diet, nutrition physical activity can influence risk cancer, responses treatment, survival. The International Collaboration on Nutrition relation (ICONIC) - task force Union Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) was established 2018, as development from UK NIHR mechanism bring together wider international expressions interest cancer. ICONIC engaged range activities, with current focus effort three main areas: 1) building capability stronger capacity for excellence research practice Africa, longer-term ambition develop high quality, context-specific programme this region, 2) facilitating collaboration developing activities area childhood cancers, 3) an agenda prehabilitation (personalised management exercise, psychological support before start definitive treatment) ICONIC's is build cancer community spanning research, education training, clinical public – create coherence common language two communities, promote improved care outcomes those affected • addressing lack synergy between communities. Most derived high-income countries. Need towards prospective study Africa. assessment should conform agreed Quality Assurance Framework. Prehabilitation new concept living