Cancer Care and Control

• IAEA Chief Addresses UN General Assembly
  Speaking to the UN General Assembly in New York, IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei gave an update on the work of the Agency in the last year and highlighted some of the challenges which need to be addressed, 2 November 2009. Read Story | DG Statement | Audio: DG Statement [.mp3]

Stories

• Cancer´s Global March, 22 October 2009
• Cancer Spotlight on Asia and Pacific Region, 6 July 2009
• WHO-IAEA Join Forces to Fight Cancer, Press Release, 26 May 2009
• Stronger Together, Weaker Apart, IAEA Bulletin (Vol. 50/2, 2009)
• Africa´s Nightmare: Struggle to Protect Medical Workers in Radiological Services, IAEA Bulletin (Vol. 50/2, 2009)
• Developing Strategies for Cancer Care, 27 April 2009
• Collaboration, New Thinking Needed for Cancer Crisis, 4 February 2009
• Raising the Profile of Global Cancer Epidemic, 19 December 2008
• In Vietnam, Alongside Progress, a Battle for Life, 23 July 2008
• Tanzania President Dedicates New Equipment for Cancer Treatment, 19 May 2008
• Albania: Rising Expectations Drive Growing Health Care Needs IAEA, 21 April 2008
• More Stories

Statements

• WHO/IAEA Coordination and Planning Meeting with Member States (IAEA Regional Project RAS/6/060), 29 April 2009
  - Statement, by Werner Burkart, IAEA Deputy Director General, Head of the Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
  - Statement by Ana María Cetto, IAEA Deputy Director General, Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation
• International Conference on Advances in Radiation Oncology (ICARO), 27 April 2009
  - Opening Address by Werner Burkart, IAEA Deputy Director General, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications [pdf]
  - Statement by Ana María Cetto, IAEA Deputy Director General, Department of Technical Cooperation [pdf
• IAEA Supports World Cancer Day,
  by Mohamed ElBaradei, IAEA Director General, 4 February 2008
• More Director General Statements
• More Deputy Directors General Statements

Video

In Vietnam, Alongside Progess, a Battle for Life, 23 July 2008

Q&A with Massoud Samiei, Head, IAEA Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT), January 2008

Hope in Haiti for Better Cancer Care, 4 July 2007

Cancer Care in Tanzania, 21 June 2007

• More Videos

Audio

What action needs to be taken to tackle the growing cancer crisis in the developing world?

Interview with Massoud Samiei, Head, IAEA Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT), 20 October 2009

Interview with Werner Burkart, IAEA Deputy Director General, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, 20 October 2009

Interview with Ambassador Nancy Brinker, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Cancer Care, 20 October 2009

Interview with Professor Peter Boyle, President, International Prevention Research Institute, 20 October 2009

Radiotherapy for Paediatric Cancer
Dr. Raul Ribeiro, Professor in Paediatrics and Director, International Outreach Program at St. Jude´s Children´s Research Hospital, Memphis, USA, 4 March 2009

IAEA and Cancer Control
Werner Burkart, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, 4 February 2009

Fighting Cancer in Developing Countries
Massoud Samiei, Head, IAEA Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT), 4 November 2008

• Cancer: Where the IAEA is Involved (Cancer Map)

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To Know More

• Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT)
• PACT - Building Partnerships to Fight the Cancer Epidemic
• IAEA Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
• IAEA Department of Technical Cooperation
• IAEA Division of Human Health

Partner Organizations

• American Cancer Society
• Axios International
• Best Medical International Inc.
• C-Change
• State Office for Nuclear Safety (Czech Republic)
• International Agency for Research on Cancer
• Institut National du Cancer
• International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research
• International Union Against Cancer
• Korea Nuclear International Cooperation Foundation
• Lance Armstrong Foundation
• MDS Nordion
• Mondofragilis Network
• National Cancer Institute of Brazil
• National Cancer Institute of USA
• National Foundation for Cancer Research
• Open Society Institute
• Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI-EEIG)
• Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
• Tata Memorial Centre
• University of Oxford Department of Clinical Pharmacology
• World Health Organization (WHO)