The African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer

J Holland

doi:10.3747/co.19.1080

Abstract

Elsewhere in this issue, Mohammed and colleagues describe the African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) [...]

Highlights

The aortic conferences, held every second year, provide a venue in which the U.S National Cancer Institute, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the Union Internationale Contre le Cancer, the World Health Organization, the American Association for Cancer Research, the American Cancer Society, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer, universities, and major international pharmaceutical firms can focus their financial and intellectual participation in the African effort
Perinatal care, nutrition, and control of infectious diseases improve, more people will survive into their senior years
There is no acceptable basis on which Africans should suffer and die from those cancers that the developed world knows how to prevent or cure

Summary

Introduction

The aortic conferences, held every second year, provide a venue in which the U.S National Cancer Institute, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the Union Internationale Contre le Cancer, the World Health Organization, the American Association for Cancer Research, the American Cancer Society, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer, universities, and major international pharmaceutical firms can focus their financial and intellectual participation in the African effort. Training courses in surgical techniques and medical oncology have been sponsored independently and collaboratively in several regions in Africa. Education, training, and advocacy for palliative care have been undertaken.

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