The latest cancer news and updates from around the world.
Almost half of children with cancer are going undiagnosed and untreated, according to a new global study. The research suggests that the situation depends on location: while only 3% of childhood cancer cases in western Europe and north America are thought to have been missed in 2015, the propo...
Published on WBUR's Cognoscenti Blog, 7 February 2018 - full commentary here. “Well, thank God you live in Boston,” my sister said when I called to tell her about my cancer diagnosis over a decade ago. That was the refrain I heard over and over. People were talking, of course, about Bosto...
On World Cancer Day, February 4th, the international cancer community united to send a clear message: we must act now to prevent, detect, and treat cancer. To empower individuals and communities, Global Oncology and 1,472 advocates came together under the slogan “I Can. We Can.” This rallying cal...
"Misinformation and lack of information about cancer and its treatment pose significant challenges to delivering cancer care in resource‐limited settings and may undermine patient engagement in care. We aimed to investigate patients’ knowledge and attitudes toward cancer and its treatment and to ...
“'Everyone in this room has been touched by cancer,' Bhatt, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Stanford, told the crowd of more than 200 people gathered for the Bay Area launch of Global Oncology. In Boston in 2010, Bhatt and Huang started the nonprofit to address another sad truth: that as m...
CiSCANEN has physical presence with administrative structures and over 968 member organizations spread across in the 36 states and FCT of Nigeria. Our involvement in cancer control: Prevention for cancer Care and support (palliative) for cancer patients and their relatives Research...
Vision statement: An Africa without late detection of cancer! Mission statement: Stimulating Action Against Cancer.
Our Goals To change the way Africans think about cancer by demystifying cancer through community outreaches and audio-visual strategies that are culturally relevant and socially acceptable. To phase-out late/advanced diagnosis of cancer through the provision cancer screenings. To provid...
Community: We focus on local communities, because they don’t have access to sufficient and quality Information on their health, environment and otherwise. We act in local communities, but, we think global; thereby actively helping people in local communities with global best practices. Action-...
Project PINK BLUE- Health & Psychological Trust Centre (CAC/IT/NO 73960) is a cancer organization engaged in cancer awareness, free cancer screenings, support to people battling with cancer, patient navigation, advocacy, fundraising for cancer patients, cancer research and psychological suppo...