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Getting Cancer on the Global Health Agenda

Ed note. This is a guest post from Dr.  Dr. Anees B. Chagpar, Associate Professor of Surgery at Yale University, the Assistant Director for Global Oncology at Yale Cancer Center, and the Director of the Breast Center — Smilow Cancer Hospital...

Chart of the Day: The Coming Cancer Tsunami

Cancer is a leading cause of death globally. According to the WHO, about 8 million people died from cancers last year. That figure is poised to rise — and dramatically so. In 2012, there were an estimated 14 million cancer...

“Africa’s Emerging Epidemic”

We rarely talk about cancer as a disease that plagues the developing world. But cancer is there, just like it is everywhere. And there are far too few treatment options for the afflicted.