IARC Director’s presentation at World Cancer Leaders’ Summit

Dr Christopher P. Wild, Director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), gave a closing address at the recent World Cancer Leaders’ Summit, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In his presentation titled “Reducing the global cancer burden: failure is success in progress”, Dr Wild made 10 key observations about the current status of cancer control globally. These included the scale, inequalities, and cost of cancer, the need to prioritize prevention, and a call for more engagement from scientists in formulating evidence-based policies. He also highlighted the current disconnect between political awareness on cancer and the levels of investment via development assistance for health.

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