Breakaway: the global burden of cancer - challenges and opportunities
"It presents the results of research and analysis on the health and economic burden of cancer, global expenditures for cancer control and the funding gap relating to achieving a global expenditure standard for treatment and care. Cancer. The word is ripe with meaning. The mystery and stigma as...
| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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| Format: | TEXT |
| Language: | English |
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London
2009
EIU |
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19183549124919017219-Breakaway-the-global-burden-of.htm |
| Summary: | "It presents the results of research and analysis on the health and economic burden of cancer, global expenditures for cancer control and the funding gap relating to achieving a global expenditure standard for treatment and care.
Cancer. The word is ripe with meaning. The mystery and stigma associated with the disease is so great that in some societies and cultures the word is rarely used and the illness never discussed. There is tragic irony in that. Cancer is widespread. It is the second-leading cause of death and disability in the world, behind only heart disease. Based on the most complete and current data available, cancer accounts for one out of every eight deaths annually. More people die from cancer every year around the world than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. Cancer deaths occur with nearly six times the frequency of traffi c fatalities on an annual basis, and 42 times the frequency of deaths from injuries suffered in war. While at one time the disease was widely thought to affl ict only the elderly in affl uent countries -where it was seen as a death sentence- cancer has now moved beyond high income countries of the developed world. In the low and middle income countries of the developing world the consequences of the growing burden of new cancer cases and deaths is expected to continue to worsen. In the US one out of every two men and one out of every three women will experience some type of cancer in the course of their lives (National Cancer Institute, SEER Cancer Review). One recent estimate is that the overall lifetime risk of developing cancer (both sexes) is expected to rise from more than one in three to one in two by 2015. Cancer is a global challenge." |
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| Physical Description: | 70 p. Digital |