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Complementing government and industry funding, philanthropies have made distinct contributions to altering the trajectory of cancer research. This Science and Society article aims to investigate the changing role of philanthropy in fostering cancer research, with emphasis on the work of non-profit institutions.
This Science and Society article outlines the burden of preventable cancers in selected less-developed-region countries (LDCs) and discusses evidence on cost-effective and widely implementable prevention and screening strategies. As LDCs typically have poor resources to treat cancers, the authors argue that investment in sustainable cancer prevention and screening strategies would be the best option to reduce cancer-related mortality in most LDCs.
The knowledge and tools to effectively treat many cancer patients exist in developed countries but are unavailable to many who live in the developing world. This Science and Society article uses the example of Rwanda's expanding national cancer programme to discuss how cancer care can be brought to low-income countries that are considerably resource-constrained.
