Global cancer burden growing, amidst mounting need for services: Ahead of World Cancer Day, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s cancer agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), released the latest estimates of the global burden of cancer. WHO also published survey results from 115 countries, showing a majority of countries do not adequately […]
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The WHO released a new Global Breast Cancer Initiative Framework today providing a roadmap to attain the targets to save 2.5 million lives from breast cancer by 2040. The new Framework launched ahead of the World Cancer Day campaign marked tomorrow, recommends to countries to implement the three pillars of health promotion for early detection, […]
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Testing, testing, testing – can blood tests help to detect early cancers? With the COVID-19 pandemic highlighting the importance of testing, and our capacity to undertake it at large scale, can we use these testing strategies for earlier diagnosis of cancer? By Professor Maarten IJzerman and Professor Sarah-Jane Dawson, University of Melbourne and Peter MacCallum […]
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‘To mark World Cancer Day, It is important that we raise awareness of this serious illness and consider the impact of alternative models of care on cancer survivors. Our research, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, found that cancer survivors wanted to get back to their daily lives as quickly as possible and telehealth […]
World Cancer Day brings people together across the world who have been affected by the disease. As a specialist nurse in the patient services team at blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan, my job is to provide information and support for patients and families who have had a stem cell transplant. Recovery can be challenging and […]
Marking World Cancer Day, it can be very difficult to know what to say and what to do when someone you know is diagnosed with cancer, yet the type and quality of support that is offered can make an enormous difference in the person’s life as they navigate their treatment and, hopefully, their recovery. Cancer […]