Fighting Cancer around the World: A Framework for Action
Denis Horgan, Rizwana Mia, Tosan Erhabor, Yosr Hamdi, Collet Dandara, Jonathan A. Lal, Joël Fokom Domgue, Oladimeji Ewumi, Teresia Nyawira, Salomé Meyer, Dominique Kondji, Ngiambudulu M. Francisco, Sadakatsu Ikeda, C.K. Peter Chuah, Roselle De Guzman, Anupriya Paul, Krishna Reddy Nallamalla, Woong‐Yang Park, Vijay Tripathi, Ravikant Tripathi, Amber L. Johns, Mohan Singh, Maude E. Phipps, France Dube, Kate Whittaker, Deborah Mukherji, Hadi Mohamad Abu Rasheed, Marta Kozaric, Joseph A. Pinto, Stephen Stefani, Federico Augustovski, Maria Aponte Rueda, Ricardo Fujita, Hugo A. Barrera‐Saldaña
Abstract
Tackling cancer is a major challenge right on the global level. Europe is only the tip of an iceberg of cancer around the world. Prosperous developed countries share the same problems besetting Europe-and the countries and regions with fewer resources and less propitious conditions are in many cases struggling often heroically against a growing tide of disease. This paper offers a view on these geographically wider, but essentially similar, challenges, and on the prospects for and barriers to better results in this ceaseless battle. A series of panels have been organized by the European Alliance for Personalised Medicine (EAPM) to identify different aspects of cancer care around the globe. There is significant diversity in key issues such as NGS, RWE, molecular diagnostics, and reimbursement in different regions. In all, it leads to disparities in access and diagnostics, patients' engagement, and efforts for a better understanding of cancer.