Download or read book World Cancer Report written by International Agency for Research on Cancer and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2003 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The burden of cancer is immense, not only for affected individuals but also for their relatives and friends. At the community level, cancer poses considerable challenges for the health care systems in poor and rich countries alike. This report provides a unique global view of cancer. It documents the frequency of cancer in different countries, trends in cancer incidence and mortality and it describes the known causes of human cancer. The molecular and cellular basis of the multi-step process of malignant transformation is concisely summarized. The report countains an up to date overview of cancer prevention, including screening programmes for early diagnosis, as well as advances in surgical and medical oncology, including novel drugs targeting tumour-specific signalling pathways. The efforts of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the fight against cancer are detailed, together with strategies for cancer control.