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The global cancer burden: necessity is the mother of prevention

Nature Reviews Cancer volume 19, pages 123–124 (2019)Cite this article

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Cancer brings an increasing health and economic burden worldwide, and the greatest impact is had on the most vulnerable populations. In this Comment, Christopher Wild discusses the need for investment to ensure long-term cancer prevention strategies.

Cancer brings an increasing health and economic burden worldwide, and the greatest impact is had on the most vulnerable populations. While most funding is funnelled into developing new treatments, prevention remains neglected. Investment is needed to ensure long-term prevention strategies, recognizing no country can treat its way out of the cancer problem.

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Wild, C.P. The global cancer burden: necessity is the mother of prevention. Nat Rev Cancer 19, 123–124 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41568-019-0110-3

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