TY - JOUR
T1 - Report from a symposium on catalyzing primary and secondary prevention of cancer in India
AU - Krishnan, Suneeta
AU - Dhillon, Preet K.
AU - Bhadelia, Afsan
AU - Schurmann, Anna
AU - Basu, Partha
AU - Bhatla, Neerja
AU - Birur, Praveen
AU - Colaco, Rajeev
AU - Dey, Subhojit
AU - Grover, Surbhi
AU - Gupta, Harmala
AU - Gupta, Rakesh
AU - Gupta, Vandana
AU - Lewis, Megan A.
AU - Mehrotra, Ravi
AU - McMikel, Ann
AU - Mukherji, Arnab
AU - Naik, Navami
AU - Nyblade, Laura
AU - Pati, Sanghamitra
AU - Radhakrishna Pillai, M.
AU - Rajaraman, Preetha
AU - Ramesh, Chalurvarayaswamy
AU - Rath, G. K.
AU - Reithinger, Richard
AU - Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswamy
AU - Selvam, Jerard
AU - Shanmugam, M. S.
AU - Shridhar, Krithiga
AU - Siddiqi, Maqsood
AU - Squiers, Linda
AU - Subramanian, Sujha
AU - Travasso, Sandra M.
AU - Verma, Yogesh
AU - Vijayakumar, M.
AU - Weiner, Bryan J.
AU - Reddy, K. Srinath
AU - Knaul, Felicia M.
N1 - Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of all symposium participants to the discussions and development of these recommendations. We also thank the following session chairpersons and speakers for their contributions: Wayne Holden (RTI International), Sally Cowal (American Cancer Society), Richard Cash (Public Health Foundation of India), Ashrafun Nessa (Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University), M. S. Shanmugam (TNHSP, Government of Tamil Nadu), Kumar Bhandari (Government of Sikkim), C. K. Mishra (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare), Tanvir Kaur (Indian Council of Medical Research), Bindu Dey (Department of Biotechnology), Shahid Jameel (DBT Wellcome India Alliance), Susan Sumner (RTI International), Tim Gabel (RTI International), Jyotsna Govil (Indian Cancer Society), Kanchan Kaur (Medanta-The Medicity), Monika Arora (Public Health Foundation of India), Malathy Iyer (Times of India, Mumbai), Sutapa Biswas (Cancer Foundation of India), Nandita Murukutla (World Lung Foundation), Doris Rouse (RTI International), Eric Zomawia (Population Based Cancer Registry, Mizoram). The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to, their respective organizations.
Funding Information:
This symposium was funded by RTI International and the American Cancer Society. Travel support was also provided by the Centre for Global Health, United States National Cancer Institute.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, The Author(s).
PY - 2015/11/1
Y1 - 2015/11/1
N2 - Purpose: Oral, breast, and cervical cancers are amenable to early detection and account for a third of India’s cancer burden. We convened a symposium of diverse stakeholders to identify gaps in evidence, policy, and advocacy for the primary and secondary prevention of these cancers and recommendations to accelerate these efforts. Methods: Indian and global experts from government, academia, private sector (health care, media), donor organizations, and civil society (including cancer survivors and patient advocates) presented and discussed challenges and solutions related to strategic communication and implementation of prevention, early detection, and treatment linkages. Results: Innovative approaches to implementing and scaling up primary and secondary prevention were discussed using examples from India and elsewhere in the world. Participants also reflected on existing global guidelines and national cancer prevention policies and experiences. Conclusions: Symposium participants proposed implementation-focused research, advocacy, and policy/program priorities to strengthen primary and secondary prevention efforts in India to address the burden of oral, breast, and cervical cancers and improve survival.
AB - Purpose: Oral, breast, and cervical cancers are amenable to early detection and account for a third of India’s cancer burden. We convened a symposium of diverse stakeholders to identify gaps in evidence, policy, and advocacy for the primary and secondary prevention of these cancers and recommendations to accelerate these efforts. Methods: Indian and global experts from government, academia, private sector (health care, media), donor organizations, and civil society (including cancer survivors and patient advocates) presented and discussed challenges and solutions related to strategic communication and implementation of prevention, early detection, and treatment linkages. Results: Innovative approaches to implementing and scaling up primary and secondary prevention were discussed using examples from India and elsewhere in the world. Participants also reflected on existing global guidelines and national cancer prevention policies and experiences. Conclusions: Symposium participants proposed implementation-focused research, advocacy, and policy/program priorities to strengthen primary and secondary prevention efforts in India to address the burden of oral, breast, and cervical cancers and improve survival.
KW - Advocacy
KW - Cancer
KW - India
KW - Policy
KW - Prevention
KW - Symposium
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U2 - 10.1007/s10552-015-0637-x
DO - 10.1007/s10552-015-0637-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 26335262
AN - SCOPUS:84943665936
VL - 26
SP - 1671
EP - 1684
JO - Cancer Causes and Control
JF - Cancer Causes and Control
SN - 0957-5243
IS - 11
ER -