2015 Contents
07 Foreword Dr Ala Alwan WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean PDF
09 Introduction Ian Magrath and Tim Probart PDF
10 Cancer Control 2015 Survey Cancer control planning PDF
14 Making cancer control part of the national health agenda: The World Health Organization’s Country Cooperation Strategy and comprehensive cancer control planning Andreas Ullrich and Shambhu Prasad Acharya PDF
20 Sponsored feature: Success in fighting the toughest cancers demands innovation Amgen PDF
22 The International Cancer Control Partnership: Building capacity in cancer control planning Julie Torode, Kristina Collins, Brenda Kostelecky, Rebecca Morton-Doherty, Lisa Stevens and Cynthia Vinson PDF
28 Sponsored feature: AstraZeneca: Driving oncology collaboration in Asia Susan Galbraith AstraZeneca PDF
31 Cancer prevention and treatment in developing countries: Recommendations for action Thomas J Bollyky and Caroline Andridge PDF
Cancer management
40 Growing demands to fight cancer in low- and middle-income countries: The response from IAEA’s Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT) Nelly Enwerem-Bromson, Babatope Akinwande, Dana Sacchetti, Diogo de Sousa Neves and Daniil Klubov PDF
47 Sponsored feature: Bridging the radiotherapy education gap Varian Medical Systems PDF
50 Treatment costs and new therapies Eduardo Cazap PDF
54 Sponsored feature: Achieving sustainable access: A shared commitment John Ketchum, Novartis PDF
57 The current status of palliative care in India MR Rajagopal PDF
63 Sponsored feature: ISOPP: Promoting oncology pharmacy practice worldwide to improve patient care Rowena N Schwartz, International Society for Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners (ISOPP) PDF
65 Mobile technology in cancer control for emerging health systems: Digital divide or digital provide? Hani Eskandar, Mary-Anne Land, Virginia Arnold, Sameer Pujari, Vinayak M Prasad and Susannah Robinson PDF
Cancer training and education
73 Developing a library of educational resources for the palliative care community Danny Burke, Fiona Rawlinson and Gordon McVie PDF
79 A partnership model for the training and professional development of health-care staff in low-resource settings M Collins, E Burn and D Ritman PDF
Disease-specific cancer control
88 Lung cancer in urban China Ya-guang Fan, Hao Liang and You-lin Qiao PDF
95 Sponsored feature: IASLC: Developing lung cancer health-care initiatives in emerging health systems John K Field and Fred R Hirsch International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer PDF
97 Prevention of hepatitis B-related liver fibrosis and liver cancer in Africa: The PROLIFICA project J Howell, Marfarlane-Burnet, Y Shimakawa, S Nayagam, S Taylor-Robinson and M Thursz PDF
Paediatric cancer
104 Psychosocial care in paediatric oncology Claudia Lancman Epelman and Sidnei Epelman PDF
111 Paediatric oncology nursing care in low- and middle-income countries: A need for baseline standards Sara Day, Julia Challinor, Rachel Hollis, Linda Abramovitz, Yuliana Hanaratri and Rehana Punjwani PDF
Regional initiatives
118 WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC): The Sixth Session of the Conference of the Parties Laurent Huber PDF
120 Decentralization of cancer care and hospital-based health technology assessments in Egypt Amr Shafik Saad, Abdalla Abo Taleb and Khaled Kamal PDF
124 Regional cooperation in Latin America on cancer control: Moving from commitment to implementation Walter Paulo Zoss and Luis Antonio Santini PDF
130 Plan Esperanza: A model for cancer prevention and control in Peru Tatiana Vidaurre, Julio Abugattas, Carlos Santos, Marga López, Henry Gómez, Edgar Amorin, Gustavo Sarria, Javier Manrique, Roxana Regalado, Duniska Tarco, Kavita Sarwal and Simon Sutcliffe PDF
138 The global improvement of childhood cancer care in the Philippines Julius A Lecciones PDF
INCTR
146 About INCTR PDF
150 INCTR branches
150 Governing Council
151 Partner institutions in developing countries
152 Partners and Acknowledgements
