Review

. 2014 Jun;4(1):010304.

doi: 10.7189/jogh.04.010304.

Redefining global health priorities: Improving cancer care in developing settings

Asad Moten¹, Daniel Schafer², Paul Farmer³, Jim Kim⁴, Mauro Ferrari⁵

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Translational Medicine and Novel Therapeutics, Healthnovations International, Houston, TX, USA ; Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK ; National Cancer Institute Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
² Institute for Translational Medicine and Novel Therapeutics, Healthnovations International, Houston, TX, USA.
³ Harvard Global Health Institute, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ World Bank, WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer, United Nations Development Group, New York, NY, USA.
⁵ National Cancer Institute Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA ; Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Alliance for NanoHealth, Houston, TX, USA.

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DOI: 10.7189/jogh.04.010304

Review

Redefining global health priorities: Improving cancer care in developing settings

Asad Moten et al. J Glob Health. 2014 Jun.

. 2014 Jun;4(1):010304.

doi: 10.7189/jogh.04.010304.

Authors

Asad Moten¹, Daniel Schafer², Paul Farmer³, Jim Kim⁴, Mauro Ferrari⁵

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Translational Medicine and Novel Therapeutics, Healthnovations International, Houston, TX, USA ; Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK ; National Cancer Institute Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
² Institute for Translational Medicine and Novel Therapeutics, Healthnovations International, Houston, TX, USA.
³ Harvard Global Health Institute, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ World Bank, WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer, United Nations Development Group, New York, NY, USA.
⁵ National Cancer Institute Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA ; Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Alliance for NanoHealth, Houston, TX, USA.

PMID: 24976959
PMCID: PMC4073244
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.04.010304

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Erratum: Moten A, Schafer D, Ferrari M. Redefining global health priorities: Improving cancer care in developing settings. J Glob Health 2014;4: 010304corr1.
[No authors listed] [No authors listed] J Glob Health. 2014 Jun;4(1):010304corr1. doi: 10.7189/jogh.04.010304corr1. J Glob Health. 2014. PMID: 25553758 Free PMC article.

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**Figure 1**
Countries in the developing world bear the greatest burden of new cancer cases as well as deaths. By 2030, the developing world is expected to account for 70% of newly reported cancer cases [3].

**Figure 2**
Deaths due to cancer, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria in the developing world. Cancer kills more people worldwide than HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria combined [3].

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**Figure 3**
Funding (in US$) allocated to combat cancer, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria in the developing world. Funding for prevention and treatment of cancer amounts to approximately 2% of what is put towards other diseases [13].

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