In 2008, at the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) World Cancer Congress, cancer leaders approved and issued the World Cancer Declaration, demonstrating their desire to see cancer eliminated as a life-threatening disease for future generations.The declaration presented 11 targets which, if achieved by 2020, would establish momentum towards their longerterm ambition. The declaration calls on leaders around the world to develop and implement national cancer control plans, to build and use population-based cancer registries, to implement policies to reduce the burden of cancer risk factors and prevent those cancers that can be prevented, to enhance screening and early detection capabilities, improve access to diagnosis and treatment, improve training and support for cancer health workers, and to ensure that palliative care and pain relief is made available to all patients in need, but especially in the last days of life.
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