Cancer  Control 2023

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07  Introduction

Tim Probart

08  Ian Magrath and Melissa Adde – an appreciation

10  Cancer care in 2023
David Collingridge, Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet Oncology; Visting Professor of Global Oncology, King’s College London, UK

CURRENT GLOBAL CANCER REPORTS

12  Climate Change: The problems and potential solutions in oncology
Sarah EW Briggs, Academic Clinical Lecturer in Medical Oncology and Junior Research Fellow at the Centre for Personalised Medicine and St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, UK; Ilit Turgeman, Medical Oncologist, Emek Medical Center, Israel; Seamus O’Reilly, Clinical Director of Cancer Services and Consultant Medical Oncologist, Cork University Hospital, Ireland; Catherine S Weadick, Medical Oncology Specialist Registrar, Cork University Hospital, Ireland; Lucy Murphy, Project Manager, Green Trials Initiative, Cancer Trials Ireland; Roselle B De Guzman, Medical Oncologist and Associate Professor, Manila Central University-FDT Medical Foundation Hospital, The Philippines; and Rob Chuter, Clinical Radiotherapy Physics Team, The Christie and University of Manchester, UK 

20  Cancer Control in crisis situations: What has the Syrian crisis taught us?
Tezer Kutluk, Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine and Cancer Institute, Ankara, Turkey; Meral Kirazlı, Former Researcher, Research for Health in Conflict (R4HC) Project, Ankara, Turkey; Sinem Aydın, Former Researcher, Research for Health in Conflict (R4HC) Project, Ankara, Turkey; Fahad Ahmed, Former Project Coordinator, Research for Health in Conflict (R4HC) Project, Ankara, Turkey; and Richard Sullivan, King’s College London, Institute of Cancer Policy, Conflict & Health Research Group, London, United Kingdom 

25  The cancer situation in Sudan
Nazik Hammad, Professor, Division of Hematology-Oncology, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada

28  Current global oncology nursing with highlights from five low- and middle-income countries
Remziye Semerci, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Koç University, Istanbul, Türkiye; Figen Baykara, Gazi University Health Research and Application Center, Gazi Hospital Infection Control Committee, Ankara, Türkiye; Esubalew Mezgebu, Head Nurse, Pediatric Oncology Unit, Jimma University Medical Center, Jimma, Ethiopia; Edinho Celis, Paediatric Oncology Nurse, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas, Lima Peru; Aprille Campos Banayat, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines; Alyssa Jenny E Tupaz, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines; Rehana Punjwani, Additional Director of Nursing, Dow University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan; Dilnasheen Safdar, Director Nursing/Infection Prevention & Control, National Institute of Blood Diseases and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Lahore, Pakistan and Julia Challinor, Associate Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Regional Focus: Latin America

34  Interview with Professor Eduardo Cazap 

44  The Latin America and the Caribbean Code Against Cancer: A collaborative effort for cancer prevention
Carolina Espina, Scientist, the Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Lyon, France

Cancer Treatment and Care

49  The language of cancer communication in Africa
Hannah Simba, Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Lyon, France; Valerie McCormack, Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Lyon, France and Miriam Mutebi, Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya

52  What really happens when someone is diagnosed with cancer? The case for personalized care
Richard Simcock, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, University Hospitals, Sussex NHS Trust, UK and Chief Medical Officer, Macmillan Cancer Support, UK

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