Cancer Control 2016 Survey: What will the 2015-2030 SDGs mean for Cancer?
We asked a selection of Cancer Control readers around the world to give their considered opinions on what the Sustainable Development Goals (SDSs) would mean for cancer control in practical terms. Their responses are shown below by geographical region. AFRICA...
Promising options for Cervical Cancer prevention in low-resource settings
Scott Wittet (left to right), PATH and Cervical Cancer Action; Joanna Cain, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics; Ambassador Sally Cowal, American Cancer Society; David Fleming, PATH; Catherine Guinard, Cancer Research UK; Jose Jeronimo, PATH and...
Interview with Professor Richard Sullivan
Richard you are playing a key role in the Lancet Commission on Global Cancer Surgery. Can you summarise how the Commission came about and how you became involved? The Lancet Commission on global cancer surgery really rests on another commission that was published in...
Improving Breast Cancer Outcomes in Asia
Ch Yip, Consultant Breast Surgeon, Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Clinical Professor, University Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Visiting Consultant, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Breast cancer is the...
Recommendations for Cancer Control from Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition
Hellen Gelband (Left), Associate Director For Policy, Center For Disease Dynamics, Economics And Policy, Susan Horton (Center Left), Chair, Centre For International Governance Innovation, Balsillie School Of International Affairs, University Of Waterloo, USA,...
Cancer Radiotherapy in Ghana
Verna Vanderpuye (Left), Consultant Clinical Onocologist, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana and Naa Adorkor Aryeetey (Right), Specialist Radiation Onocologist, National Centre For Radiptheraphy and Nuclear Medicine, Accra, Ghana The life expectancy of Ghanaians...
Cancer Control in Vietnam: Where are we?
Tran Van Thuan, Pham Tuan Anh and Dao Van Tu, National Cancer Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam and National Institute For Cancer Control, Hanoi, Vietnam, and Tran Thi Thanh Huong, National Institute For Cancer Control, Hanoi and Vietnam Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi,...
Lung Cancer in Rural China
Ya-Guang Fan, Associate Professor, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China; Yong Jiang, Assistant Professor Department of Cancer Epidemiology, National Cancer Centre, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical...
The Burden of Cancer in Cuba and Current strategies for Cancer Control
Teresa Romero Pérez, Yaima Galán Alvarez and Rolando Camacho Rodríguez This article provides an overview of the cáncer situation in Cuba where mortality and incidence rates are increasing with an ageing population and changing lifestyles. Cuba has responded to these...
Making Ethical Rules for the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Bebe Loff, Director, The Michael Kirby Centre for Public Health and Human Rights at Monash University, Australia This brief article on bioethics provides an example of the ethical dilemmas inherent in the doctor-patient relationship when treating cancer, or other...
Development of Palliative Care in Kazakhstan: Important Milestones and Major Challenges
Dilyara Kaidarova (Left), Member, National Academy of Sciences and Head, Almaty Oncology Centre and Gulnara Kunirova (Right), Director of Kazakh Institute of Oncology and Radiology and President, Kazakhstan Palliative Care Association In Kazakhstan, palliative care...
Building the Investment Case for Cancer Care With a Focus on Radiotherapy
Rebecca Morton Doherty (Left), Senior Advocacy Manager and Julie Torode (Right), Deputy Ceo and Advocacy & Networks Director, Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) Geneva, Switzerland There is a growing body of evidence to support the case for increased...
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World Child Cancer: Supporting Partnership Models in Paediatric Oncology
Liz Burns (Left), Tim Eden (Middle) and Jon Rosser (Right), World Child Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) World Child Cancer funds international twinning programmes, aiming to develop paediatric oncology services in low- and middle income countries. The...
Is stopping schistosoma haematobium-associated bladder cancer a feasible goal?
Monica C Botelho, Insa, National Institute of Health Dr Ricardo Jorge, Porto, Portugal and I3S, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Porto University, Portugal and Joachim Richter, Institute of Tropical Medicine...
Defining a place to start – the potential of women’s cancers
Sanchia Aranda (left), chief executive officer, cancer council australia and Dr Saunthari Somasundaram (right), President/Medical Director, National Cancer Society Malaysia This article offers some thinking on the issue of where to start cancer control in low- to...
Addressing obesity as a risk factor for Cancer in South Africa: Size does matter
Melissa Wallace (left) and Megan Pentz-Kluyts, (right), Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) Obesity, a risk factor for cancer and an established problem in high-income countries, is escalating rapidly in low- and middle-income countries, contributing...
