CC2013 - Issue 1

Cancer Control 2013

“The World Health Organization warmly welcomes this first annual publication on

cancer control, with its laudable aim of improving cancer management in low- and

middle-income countries. The publication deliberately seeks to apply the world’s best

expertise in cancer control, from renowned research institutes and international groups,

to real conditions and needs in the developing world. It further benefits from the frontline

experiences of initiatives addressing these needs and finding solutions to seemingly

intractable problems.”

DR MARGARET CHAN,

DIRECTOR-GENERAL, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

According to World Health Organization statistics, more than 60% of cancer deaths

occur in the developing world, bringing suffering and tragedy to those afflicted.

Cancer Control 2013, produced in association with the International Network for

Cancer Treatment and Research, brings together articles, case-studies, opinion and

experience on the scale of cancer prevalence in emerging health systems and how

professionals are confronting the disease.

Cancer Control 2013, written by oncologists from both the developed and developing

world, policy-makers and NGOs, covers all aspects of cancer control from

prevention, diagnosis, treatment, palliative care, research, knowledge management

and policy-making. Only by sharing knowledge and experiences from cancer

professionals worldwide, in many environments, will cancer care in lesser-resourced

regions be able to take on the challenge of controlling this terrible disease.

Contributors include:

‰ Professor Benjamin O Anderson, Breast Health Global Initiative

‰ Professor Michel P Coleman, London School of Hygiene & Tropical

Medicine, UK

‰ Professor Tim Eden, Manchester University, UK

‰ Nathan Grey, American Cancer Society

‰ Dr Ian Magrath, President, INCTR

‰ Professor Gordon McVie, European Institute of Oncology

‰ HRH Princess Dina Mired, King Hussein Cancer Foundation, Jordon

‰ Claire Morris, Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance, UK

‰ Dr Maxwell Parkin, INCTR

‰ Professor Leigh J Passman, University of California, USA

‰ Doug Pyle, American Society of Clinical Oncologists

‰ Dr Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, IARC, France

‰ Professor Aziza Shad, Georgetown Univeristy, USA

‰ Dr V Shanta, Chennai Cancer Institute, India

‰ Professor Richard Sullivan, King’s Institute for Cancer, UK

‰ Dr Simon B Sutcliffe, President INCTR Canada

‰ Yvona Tous, Framework Convention Alliance

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