PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jacobson, Anne
ED  - Peto, Richard
TI  - Primary Prevention in Global Oncology: What Can We Gain?
DP  - 2007 Sep 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 6--8
VI  - 7
IP  - 3
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/3/6.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/3/6.full
AB  - Cancer is a global health problem. The majority of cancer-related studies focus on diagnosis and treatment, but only a minority of the world's population benefit from these strategies. Primary prevention is, therefore, essential to cancer control. In more developed countries, cancer rates are dropping, but in developing countries, the reverse is true. This trend is due not only to scarce resources, but also to a general lack of prevention knowledge.