Cancer kills more people than AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined and will become
the world's single leading cause of death by 2010. 1 By 2030, it has been estimated that …

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worldwide, often pointing to existing global health programmes as addressing the problem …

Since May, 2010, when the UN voted unanimously to hold a high-level meeting on non-
communicable diseases (NCDs), the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) has …

Cancer control is a deceptively simple phrase. Just two words. But, its meaning yields entire
textbooks of prose. Over the past 3 years, The Lancet Oncology has been investigating the …

Although China's gross domestic product secured its place as a recognised economic power
with an increasing importance worldwide, chronic disease, such as cancer, is …

The annual death toll from cancer has risen by almost 40% since 1990, 1 and this increase
is set to continue. Deaths from cancer are projected to increase from the present level of …

The number of new cases of cancer reported in the Commonwealth nations rose by 35%
between 2008 and 2018. In 2018, nearly 1· 7 million people died from cancer in these …

The UK's Coalition Government pledged to tackle cancer with its 2011 cancer strategy and
the creation of a Cancer Drugs Fund. 1 The need for further improvement in cancer survival …

In the next 20 years, substantial increases are predicted for cancer incidence, mortality, and
morbidity—particularly in countries such as China, India, and Nigeria—precipitating a …

You might be forgiven for thinking that Africa has more pressing issues than cancer. That
attitude, however, has plagued efforts to tackle the disease across the continent. Politically …