CONTENTS
CANCER CONTROL 2015 3
CONTENTS
07 Foreword Dr Ala Alwan
WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean
09 Introduction Ian Magrath and Tim Probart
Cancer control planning
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
20 Sponsored feature: Success in fighting the toughest
cancers demands innovation Amgen
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
28 Sponsored feature: AstraZeneca: Driving oncology
collaboration in Asia
Susan Galbraith AstraZeneca
31 Cancer prevention and treatment in developing
countries: Recommendations for action
Thomas J Bollyky and Caroline Andridge
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
47 Sponsored feature: Bridging the radiotherapy
education gap Varian Medical Systems
50 Treatment costs and new therapies
Eduardo Cazap
54 Sponsored feature: Achieving sustainable access: A
shared commitment
John Ketchum, Novartis
57 The current status of palliative care in India
MR Rajagopal
63 Sponsored feature: ISOPP: Promoting oncology
pharmacy practice worldwide to improve
patient care
Rowena N Schwartz, International Society for Oncology
Pharmacy Practitioners (ISOPP)
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
Cancer training and education
73 Developing a library of educational resources for
the palliative care community
Danny Burke, Fiona Rawlinson and Gordon McVie
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