Cancer

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India's Cancer Burden Drives Generational Poverty

India should protect its people not just from cancer, but also from the financial strain of treatment

The United States Targets Cervical Cancer and Lead Exposure

The Biden administration launched efforts to reduce cervical cancer and lead exposure that could have brief policy lives

Aging

AI Gains Ground with Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Prevention

Transforming the breast cancer landscape through the power of artificial intelligence

Gender

Easing the Cervical Cancer Disease Burden In India

A potential solution to the country’s cervical cancer problem

Governance

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