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- Regional implementation framework for elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem: 2021–2030 (2023)
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The aims of these guidelines are to provide guidance to health-care providers (i.e. the end-users of these guidelines: physicians, nurses, pharmacists and caregivers) on the adequate relief of pain associated with cancer. They also assist policy-makers, programme managers and public health personnel...
Ramped-up cancer services could save 7 million lives over the next decade—and addressing huge service gaps between rich and poor countries is key to success, according to this report.
In 2019, over 90% of high-income countries reported that comprehensive cancer treatment services were available...
WHO‘s Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer, launched today, outlines three key steps: vaccination, screening and treatment. Successful implementation of all three could reduce more than 40% of new cases of the disease and 5 million related deaths by 2050.
This guidance is intended to be used by programme managers following the decision to introduce human papillomavirus (HPV) virological testing as a screening assay in their national cervical cancer prevention and control programme. The guidance includes a step-by-step process to be followed after the...
Types of radiotherapy equipment covered by the guide include external beam radiotherapy machines (both Cobalt-60 and linear accelerators), brachytherapy devices that apply radiation sources directly to tumours and complementary imaging devices such as conventional or computed tomography (CT) simulat...
WHO guideline for screening and treatment of cervical pre-cancer lesions for cervical cancer prevention
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2nd edition, July 2021. This WHO and HRP guideline is designed to help countries make faster progress, more equitably, on the screening and treatment of cervical cancer. It includes some important shifts in WHO’s recommended approaches to cervical screening, and includes a total of 23 recommendati...
NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) are posted with the latest update date and version number.
Early breast cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
The Global Breast Cancer Initiative, established by WHO in 2021, will provide guidance to governments on health systems strengthening for breast cancer. This illustrated summary outlines its goals, rationale and framework.
The brief highlights some findings as part of a project on Innovation for Cancer Care in Africa (ICCA)1. The study provides insights on the experiences of 62 Tanzanian cancer patients, the journey from their first symptoms to the point of diagnosis and treatment. The project brings together research...
Quality of Life for Children with Cancer Series: Modules on Paediatric Palliative Care. Module 1: Overview of paediatric palliative care
Quality of Life for Children with Cancer Series: Modules on Paediatric Palliative Care. Module 4: Symptom Management
Quality of Life for Children with Cancer Series: Modules on Paediatric Palliative Care. Module 2: Care at Home
Quality of Life for Children with Cancer Series: Modules on Paediatric Palliative Care. Module 6: Communication
Series Quality of Life for Children with Cancer: Modules on Paediatric Palliative Care. Module 5: Caring for the Caregiver
Quality of Life for Children with Cancer: Modules on Pediatric Palliative Care. Module 3: Quality of life in hospitalized children with cancer.
Action Plan 2021-2025
Front. Public Health, 30 April 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.628744
Childhood cancer is curable for the vast majority of children when essential diagnostic, therapeutic and supportive care services are accessible. However, profound inequalities in outcomes exist within and between countries with as few as 20% or 30% of children living in low- and middle-income count...
Actualmente, en el mundo, el cáncer produce millones de muertes al año, generando altos costos económicos y sociales, tanto por los valores asignados al tratamiento, como por el compromiso que genera en la productividad laboral de las personas directamente afectadas y de su entorno familiar y/o c...
