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23 May 2008 | One of the most tragic aspects of the cancer reality in developing countries is that more than 80% of cases are detected too late for effective treatment. Until this shocking statistic is reduced, the provision of appropriate palliative care for patients suffering the pain and side-effects of late stage cancer should be a priority to health services. Read more »
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24 July 2008 | Behind the elegant French colonial-style exterior of the National Cancer Hospital in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, a battle is raging. In the hospital's crowded wards, treatment rooms and corridors, doctors are struggling against a powerful and insidious enemy: cancer. Read more »
28 May 2008 | 31 May 2008 marks the 20th World No Tobacco Day and following the leadership of the World Health Organization (WHO) anti-smoking initiatives all around the globe are driving home an urgent message: Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death today. Read more »
21 May 2008 | There was an air of celebration at the Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI) in Dar es Salaam last week. Tanzania's national colours proudly fluttered from buildings and marquees and a military band played dignified pieces at a ceremony to launch a new state-of-the-art radiotherapy machine. Read more »
21 April 2008 | Once locked in decades of isolation, Albania is seeing new horizons in the fight against poverty. Expectations run high, driving demands for better — and healthier — lives. Read more »
18 March 2008 | Kudos to KONICOF — the Korean Nuclear International Cooperation Foundation — for its enthusiastic and innovative support of PACT! Read more »
4 March 2008 | Experts warn that the world is facing a cancer crisis of epidemic proportions. Unless action is taken now, as many as 84 million people will die of the disease over the next 10 years, more than 70% of them in the developing world. Read more »
19 February 2008 | The PACT Programme Office wishes to thank all of the United Nations Vienna International Center staff and visitors who so generously donated on February 4, WORLD CANCER DAY 2008. Read more »
13 February 2008 | Around the world, the incidence of cancer is increasing. Experts warn that new cases could double by 2020, unless action is taken now. Low and middle-income countries are likely to be hardest hit. Read more »
4 February 2008 | PACT is using the occasion of World Cancer Day to raise cancer awareness among colleagues and visitors to the Vienna International Centre, home of the International Atomic Energy Agency and other UN organizations. Read more »
1 February 2008 | Representatives of leading cancer organizations, NGOs and more than 30 Member States gathered at the United Nations in Geneva on 28. January 2008 for a seminar highlighting the work of the IAEA's Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT). Read more »
