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Over the course of a 2 day expert workshop held on the topic of cancer and anaesthesia at the College of Anaesthetists of Ireland in Dublin, Ireland, the following consensus statement was developed by delegates to this unique BJA workshop...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director-General World Health Organization: Care for cancer, like so many other diseases, reflects the inequalities and inequities in our societies. The impact on children is devastating. Each year, an estimated 400 000 children are diagnosed with cancer...

Strong health systems require strong cancer systems and strong cancer systems strengthen health systems. This symbiotic relationship should be cultivated and leveraged to substantively advance universal health coverage.

Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for nearly ten million deaths in 2020. The cancer burden is growing globally, exerting tremendous physical, emotional and financial strain on individuals, families, societies and health systems. Many of these systems...

Purpose: The ability to develop and evaluate approaches to the management of advanced cancer in sub-Saharan Africa is limited by the lack of local, reliable and valid data to ensure that practice is evidence-based, replicable and reflects the needs of...

SEVENTIETH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY (WHA70.12) Agenda item 15.6 Cancer prevention and control in the context of an integrated approach. Tenth plenary meeting, 31 May 2017 A70/VR/10

Cancer remains the leading cause of death worldwide with close to 10 million deaths reported annually. Due to growth of the advanced age cohort in our population, it is predicted that the number of new cancer cases diagnosed between now...

BACKGROUND: Mortality rates among surgical patients in Africa are double those of surgical patients in high-income countries. Internationally, there is a call to improve access to and safety of surgical and perioperative care. Perioperative research needs to be coordinated across...

Well developed, high-income countries enjoy an abundance of resources which enhance patient safety in the perioperative setting. Much of this results from the longstanding progress of clinical research that endeavors to continually improve patient outcomes. A wholly different scenario exists...