Cancer Control: Knowledge into Action (WHO Guide for Effective Programmes, 2) - Softcover

World Health Organization

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9241547111 ISBN 13: 9789241547116

Publisher: World Health Organization, 2007

Synopsis

The World Health Organization estimates that 7.6 million people died of cancer in 2005 and 84 million people will die in the next 10 years if action is not taken. More than 70% of all cancer deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries where resources available for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer are limited or nonexistent.

Yet cancer is to a large extent avoidable. Over 40% of all cancers can be prevented. Some of the most common cancers are curable if detected early and treated. Even with late cancer the suffering of patients can be relieved with good palliative care.

Cancer control: knowledge into action WHO guide for effective programs is a series of six modules offering guidance on all important aspects of effective cancer control planning and implementation.

This second module, Prevention, provides practical advice for program managers in charge of developing or scaling up cancer prevention activities. It shows how to implement cancer prevention by controlling major avoidable cancer risk factors. It also recommends strategies for establishing or strengthening cancer prevention programs.

Using this Prevention module, program managers in every country, regardless of resource level, can confidently take steps to curb the cancer epidemic. They can save lives and prevent unnecessary suffering caused by preventable types of cancer.

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Book Description

This second module, Prevention, provides practical advice for program managers in charge of developing or scaling up cancer prevention activities. It shows how to implement cancer prevention by controlling major avoidable cancer risk factors. It also recommends strategies for establishing or strengthening cancer prevention programs.

About the Author

World Health Organization is a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, charged to act as the world's directing and coordinating authority on questions of human health. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries, and monitoring and assessing health trends.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Health Organization
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 9241547111
• ISBN 13: 9789241547116
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 54