Cancer

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Easing the Cervical Cancer Disease Burden In India

A potential solution to the country’s cervical cancer problem

Data Deficiencies in Cancer Care in Mexico

Poor measurements of cancer limit the efficacy of health care and policy

Governance

Beating the Bidi Habit In India

An interview with Vandana Shah explores tobacco use and policy in India

Migration

India Needs Cancer Care Outside its Big Cities

India's poorest often travel hundreds of kilometers to access cancer care

Gender

HPV Vaccination and the Quest to Solve India's Cervical Cancer Problem

Misinformation, stigma, and health disparities have stalled HPV vaccination

Governance

Russian Roulette at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

How Russia's militarization of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant threatens human health

Poverty

Surviving Childhood Cancer Depends on Where You Live

How achieving Cancer Moonshot goals will help address pediatric cancer in low- and middle-income countries

Poverty

Cancer in Africa, a Financially Devastating Disease

A physician in Senegal shares her cancer story from "the land of universal health coverage"

Governance

Changing the Course of Cancer in Mongolia

Inspired by her physician grandmother, Dr. Tsetsegsaikhan Batmunkh has strived to improve care in the East Asian nation 

Gender

Cancer Doesn't Stop For You, Millennial

So don't skip out on your annual wellness exam, a young cancer survivor warns

Governance

Lack of Awareness of Cancer and the Efficacy of Therapy Undermines Africa's Cancer Control Efforts

Governments in sub-Saharan Africa should commit to making cancer a public health priority

Gender

Systemic Racism in Mammogram Guidelines

Breaking down U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations in the COVID-19 pandemic

Governance

COVID-19 and Tobacco: Unmasking the Smoke Screen

World No Tobacco Day 2020 exposes the false dichotomy between public health and the economy when it comes to Big Tobacco