National Cancer Control programmes: Recommendations for outcome-oriented objectives.

 

World Health Assembly, 58th Session


National health authorities may wish to consider the following outcome-oriented objectives for their cancer control programmes, according to type of cancer: 

• preventable tumours (such as those of lung, colon, rectum, skin and liver): to avoid and reduce exposure to risk factors (such as tobacco use, unhealthy diets, harmful use of alcohol, sedentariness, excess exposure to sunlight, communicable agents, including hepatitis B virus and liver fluke, and occupational exposures), thus limiting cancer incidence; 

• cancers amenable to early detection and treatment (such as oral, cervical, breast and prostate cancers): to reduce late presentation and ensure appropriate treatment, in order to increase survival, reduce mortality and improve quality of life; 

• disseminated cancers that have potential of being cured or the patients’ lives prolonged considerably (such as acute leukaemia in childhood): to provide appropriate care in order to increase survival, reduce mortality and improve quality of life; 

• advanced cancers: to enhance relief from pain and other symptoms and improve quality of life of patients and their families.

World Health Assembly (Ninth plenary meeting, 25 May 2005 – Committee B, third report

Location: Av. Appia, Genève, Switzerland

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