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Editorial
. 2021 Nov 2:15:ed116.
doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2021.ed116. eCollection 2021.

Supporting more affordable and equitable cancer care and research in Lower and Middle Income Countries: e cancer's commitment

Richard Sullivan  1 , Eduardo Cazap  2 , Danny Burke  3
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Editorial

Supporting more affordable and equitable cancer care and research in Lower and Middle Income Countries: e cancer's commitment

Richard Sullivan et al. Ecancermedicalscience. .

Abstract

Oncology professionals in Lower and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) are facing a challenging situation with rising cancer cases together with a lack of educational support and access to relevant research. This article outlines what ecancer are doing as an organisation to try to address these issues by providing high quality education in multiple formats for free and supporting authors and readers from LMICs to access and publish research.

Keywords: Lower and Middle Income Countries (LMICs); accessible; cancer; e-learning; education; events; journal; open access; patients; videos.

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Conflict of interest statement

Danny Burke is the CEO of ecancer and has worked for the charity since its formation in 2017. Prof Richard Sullivan is the Chair of Trustees for the ecancer Global Foundation. Dr Eduardo Cazap is the Editor-in-Chief of ecancer’s journal (ecancermedicalscience).

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