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.
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 -