Cancer Control 2026
ONLINE EDITION
Editorial
Dr Simon Sutcliffe, Editor-in-Chief, Cancer Control
The Cancer Control Consultation
HRH Princess Dina Mired, of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Past-President of the Union for International Cancer Control; David Reddy, Director General, The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA); HE Dr Leslie Ramsammy, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to Switzerland; Dr Dingle Spence, Clinical Oncology and Palliative Care Honorary Consultant, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica; Dr Lorna Renner, Associate Professor at the Department of Child Health, University of Ghana School of Medicine and Dentistry and the Head of the Paediatric Oncology Unit, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana and Karen Canfell, Lead, Cancer Elimination Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Australia
The Cancer Control Survey 2026
What changes to cancer care are being made in your country in response to the new, emerging global healthcare environment?
Interview with Anu Agrawal
Former Vice President of Global Cancer Support at the American Cancer Society
GLOBAL ISSUES
Navigating uncertainty: NCDs in a new era of global health
Katy Cooper, Chair, UK Working Group on NCDs; Kendra Chow, Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager, World Cancer Research Fund International; Stephen Connor, Executive Director, Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance; Helena Davies, Palliative Care and NCD Advocate; Julia Downing, Chief Executive, International Children’s Palliative Care Network; Christine Hancock, Founder and Director of C3 Collaborating for Health; George Hayes, Global Partnerships and Advocacy Manager, Cancer Research UK; Katie Jakeman, Policy Advisor, Age International and Antonis A Kousoulis, Director of Partnerships, United for Global Mental Health
Commonwealth needs Commonhealth: A personal view
Mark Lodge, Commissioning Editor, Cancer Control 2026 and member, Lancet Oncology Commission on Cancer in the Commonwealth
CANCER CARE
Beyond the dispensary: Listening to the voices of pharmacists working in resource-constrained settings
Fatima Ladha, Clinical Educator and Pharmacist, Fraser Health Authority; Clinical Instructor, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Director, Two Worlds Cancer Collaboration; Anthony Lau, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Neurosciences, Royal Columbian Hospital, Canada and Clinical Assistant Professor – Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Canada; Saroja Gangaiah, Senior Pharmacist and Co-ordinator, Department of Palliative Medicine, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Karnataka, India; Fazle-noor Biswas, Chief Pharmacist and Coordinator, Cancer Services and Research Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh and Azza Abel-Aty, Chief Pharmaceutical Specialist, KACCH/Al-Sabah Hospital, Kuwait
The Revolutionizing a cancer care and support ecosystem in British Columbia unique to adolescents and young adults
Cheryl A Heykoop, Associate Professor and Research Lead of Anew, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, Royal Roads University, British Columbia, Canada; Alice O’Grady, Professor, School of Performance and Cultural Industries, University of Leeds, United Kingdom; Tiffany T Hill, PhD Candidate, OISE, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Associate Faculty and Senior Researcher, Anew, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, Royal Roads University, British Columbia, Canada; Jennifer Wolfe, Program Coordinator, Anew, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, Royal Roads University, British Columbia, Canada and Kat Dornian, Research Assistant, Anew, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, Royal Roads University, British Columbia, Canada.
REGIONAL FOCUS
Cancer control in Mongolia: Air pollution and molecular insights from hepatocellular carcinoma
Erdenekhuu Nansalmaa, MD, PhD, MPH, General-Director, National Cancer Centre, Mongolia
Achieving universal health coverage for palliative care: A case study of integration of palliative care into government primary healthcare from South-Central, India
Gayatri Palat, MNJ Institute of Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre, Hyderabad, India; Gillian Fyles, Two Worlds Cancer Collaboration Foundation; Sri JN Jagannath, Pain Relief and Palliative Care Society, Hyderabad, India; Vineela Rapelli, Pain Relief and Palliative Care Society, Hyderabad, India; Priya Kumari, Pain Relief and Palliative Care Society, Hyderabad, India; Swarup Immaraju, Pain Relief and Palliative Care Society, Hyderabad, India; Simon Sutcliffe, Two Worlds Cancer Collaboration Foundation; Stuart Brown, Two Worlds Cancer Collaboration Foundation and Megan Doherty, Two Worlds Cancer Collaboration Foundation; University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
