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    • Comprehensive national cancer prevention and control programs aim to reduce cancer incidence, morbidity and mortality and improve the quality of life of cancer patients in a defined population.
    • This is possible through the systematic and equitable implementation of evidence based interventions for prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment and palliative care, making the best use of available resources.
    • Because of the wealth of available knowledge, all countries can, at some level, implement these basic components of cancer control.
Last Updated ( Monday, 23 April 2012 )
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Comprehensive Cancer Program & Management News

UICC 2012 World Cancer Congress-Connecting for Global Impact

The 22nd edition of the UICC World Cancer Congress will take place in August in Montreal, Canada. This year, meeting will focus on providing education and training opportunities throughout the programme including interactive meetings, forums, workshops and sessions.The Congress will feature PAHO speakers (Jon Andrus, George Alleyne and Silvana Luciani) and it is an opportunity to promote collaboration on NCDs and cancer.

 


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Central America and Dominican Republic Subregional Workshop on Palliative Care. Honduras, November 21-22, 2011 (In Spanish)

Taller subregional sobre cuidados paliativos para Centroamérica y la República Dominicana. Honduras, 21-22 noviembre 2011 (In Spanish) 

UN High Level Meeting on NCD

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