Mark your calendar for the next World Cancer Congress, which will be taking place from 19-22 October 2020 in Oman.

The final Big Debate of World Cancer Congress 2018 moderated by Meera Sivesothy with David Weller for the notion and Richard Wender against.

Individuals living with cancer and their care givers have social care needs as well as health needs. Most times, these needs are often inadequately dealt with by health professionals due to lack of specialist skills and capacity to manage these needs emerging needs.

‘Global access to palliative care and pain relief’ chaired by David Hill, Cancer Council Victoria (Australia) with presentations by Asfan Bhadelia, Eric Krakauer, M. R. Rajagopal and Stephen Connor.

2^nd October 2018, 9:30am-11:00am.

The rapid fire session is not your average research presentation. The sixteen participants had a strict three minute deadline to present their research findings.

The question of the first Big Debate of the World Cancer Congress 2018 was thrown by Meera Sivasothy – a national radio host in Malaysia.

“How we can improve the lives of disadvantaged or vulnerable cancer patients “chaired by Laila Rueskov Walther, Danish Cancer Society (Denmark) spoke about the disparity in providing the medical support to indigenous groups.

Get ready for plain tobacco packaging!

The session addressed the recent progress in selected countries, and some bumps on the policy-making road to quash the appeal of packaging.

Standing room only at the opening ceremony as delegates and dignitaries at the 2018 World Cancer Congress hear from inspirational cancer leaders.

Evidence based policy making is crucial to improvise cancer prevention.

Session report from 2 October 2018, 15h50-16h50, room 403. Session chaired by Alison Cox, Cancer Research UK (United Kingdom)

International cooperation, fair pricing and transparency are the key elements to change the malfunctionning system to a better one. Join to find a creative solution.

Session report, from 2 October 2018, 09h30-11h00, room 403-404, chaired by Eveline Scheres, Dutch Cancer Society (Netherlands (the))

Education, cancer research, improved access to technology and enrolment of women in surgical speciality is critical