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Volume 7, Issue 2
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The Global Burden of Cancer
Reported by Aleea Farrakh December 20, 2007
Cancer has not been considered a major health issue in developing countries until recently, according to a 2005 report by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an overwhelming number of infectious diseases and rampant sanitary problems were higher priorities. Unfortunately, cancer is now becoming more of a global burden than it ever was before.
The Global Burden of Cancer
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Related Article
NCI's Role in International Cancer Research
Reported by Brooke Hardison Wang
December 20, 2007
The National Cancer Institute oversees the U.S. National Cancer Program and is also involved in the promotion of global health and cancer control. The National Cancer Act of 1971 directed the NCI to collect, analyze and disseminate research on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer, to share cancer research information globally, and to support research being conducted by highly qualified foreign nationals outside the United States. The landmark law also mandated that NCI support collaborative research involving American and foreign participants, and support training of American scientists abroad and foreign scientists in the United States. As a special feature, this article includes an interview Benchmarks held with Dr. Richard Love on the topic of Conducting International Clinical Trials.
NCI's Role in International Cancer Research
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