[Comment] The global fight against cancer: challenges and opportunities

By 2030, the number of cancer cases is projected to increase to 24 ·6 million and the number of cancer deaths to 13 million.1 Worldwide, health systems, especially in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), are ill prepared to manage the increasing cancer burden.2 Globally, there is a shortfall in coverage of cancer services for prevention, screening, trea tment, and palliative care.3–5 If cost-effective interventions for cancer screening, prevention, and treatment were delivered through strengthened health systems, they could help largely avoid many premature deaths, unnecessary suffering, and unacceptable inequalities.
Source: LANCET - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Comment Source Type: research