UICC World Cancer Congress 2014

Dr Krug (Director, WHO Noncommunicable diseases) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about the current challenges of cancer policy and research. "There's a lot to do, and the World Health Organisation stands ready to do more," he says. "We want to help countries get comprehensive plans around cancer that includes these different areas [of research]."

Dr Cleary (University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, USA) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about the importance of palliative care as a human right more than an economic concern.

Should we be talking about palliative care in terms of economics - or human rights? Prof Downing (Palliative Care Research Society, Southampton, UK) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about accessible palliative care in cancer, which she describes as a human rights issue.

Dr Cebon (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Melbourne, Australia) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about the relationship between cancer and the immune system. He provides a historical perspective of the field of cancer immunology, then describes future research directions.

Prof Gospodarowicz (Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about the purposes and ambitions of UICC and cancer stakeholders more generally. She outlines the broad ambitions of lowering the global burden of cancer, providing healthcare equity, and ensuring the place of cancer on the global health agenda, and describes how to inspire movement towards these goals.

Dr Sabesan (Townsville Cancer Centre, Queensland, Australia) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about the continuing role of tele-oncology in cancer care. Tele-oncology initiatives are low-cost practical alternatives to face-to-face care, Dr Sabesan says, particularly in rural, remote and indigenous communities.

Otis Webb Brawley (Chief Medical Officer, American Cancer Society) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about how the time has come to invest in cancer prevention and palliative care.

Prof Sullivan 9King's College London, London, UK) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about the future of cancer surgery. "What we discovered in most countries is that cancer surgery is not being properly supported," he says. Particularly in low- and middle-income countries with emerging economies, cancer surgery has many unmet needs, from education to infrastructure.

Dr Gueye (Hôpital Général de Grand Yoff, Dakar, Senegal) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about the cancer control challenges in Africa. Non-communicable diseases such as cancer will become an increasing health in sub-Saharan Africa, he says.

Sarah Goltz (Founder of Sage Innovation) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about advocacy in women's cancers with a particular focus on the global access to the HPV vaccine.

Prof Kutluk (President-elect, Union for International Cancer Control) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about the importance of getting cancer on the global agenda with as much input and collaboration among member governments as possible.

Dr Storm (Medical Director of the Danish Cancer Society) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about privacy and ethics in medical data and the steps the EU is taking to ensure this. He argues that such ways need desperately to be reconsidered as they will be highly detrimental to collaborative research and treatment development across borders.

ecancer's Prof McVie (ecancer and European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy) provides an overview of the topics and debates arising from the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014.

Paula Kim (Founder of TRAC) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about consultancy firm, TRAC and the part it plays in capacity and capability building in cancer care, especially in countries with less developed advocacy programmes such as those in the Asian-pacific.

Cary Adams (CEO, Union for International Cancer Control) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about the importance of considering the economics of cancer care.

Belmira Rodrigues (Managing Director, AORTIC) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about the next international conference, hosted by AORTIC.

Dr Ullrich (Medical Officer for Cancer Control, World Health Organization) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about the relationship between the World Health Organisation and the UICC, and his hopes for future collaboration in cancer control. In particular, vaccination against cancer is a key method of cancer control, which requires collaboration at multiple levels.

Prof Lenoir (Vice President, Gustave Roussy) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about the takeaway lessons of France's cancer plan, and how to develop greater, more competitive cancer control programmes based on these points.

Dr Ashing (Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, USA) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about "implementation science," in which the community interacts with patients and advocates to improve access to cancer care and support. Thus, cancer services and research should be built on the information gathered from community needs.

Dr Wild (Director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about the work of the International Agency for Research on Cancer and the importance of raising political awareness in cancer, especially with governments of low and middle income countries and measuring the effectiveness of health service interventions.

Dr Menezes (University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about the benefits of exercise for women with breast cancer. As well as enhancing quality of life by reducing fatigue and depression, exercise has also been found to moderate serum concentration in the tumour microenvironment, reducing tumour inflammation and progression.

Dr Broutet (World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about new guidelines published by the World Health Organization (WHO) to prevent and screen for cervical cancer.

Prof Sanchia Aranda (Cancer Institute NSW, Sydney, Australia) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about the ways in which cancer treatment outcomes vary due to multiple factors such as class/income, location and race. Cancer outcomes are not as simple as low and middle income countries have poor prospects and developed countries have good. She notes the complexity of the issues involved, highlighting, for example, the fact that the installation of radiotherapy machines to a certain area may not be sufficient if people cannot afford the time out of work to receive treatment.

D.Cristina Stefan (Vice President of the South African Medical Research Council) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about national cancer control plans in Africa and the aim to discuss and establish new strategies.

"The big challenge for cervical cancer is global," says Prof Ian Frazer (CEO of Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia), developer of the cervical cancer-preventing HPV vaccine. Speaking to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014, he explains the history of the vaccine's development and his hopes for making it globally accessible.

Prof Thomas (Former CEO of Peter Macallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia) discusses key topics in cancer policy with ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014. He addresses the challenge of affordable global cancer care, and calls on healthcare professionals to consider survivorship as a key part of the patient pathway.

Nelly Enwerem-Bromson (Director, International Atomic Energy Agency) "It's just not acceptable in the twenty-first century that whether you get to live or die depends on an accident of birth," Speaking to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014, she describes the current challenges of bringing radiotherapy to developing countries and ensuring its global accessibility.

Dr Allemani (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about the CONCORD programme which involved the global surveillance of cancer survival.

Dr Jan Stewart (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014, discussing the futures of cancer nursing, including interprofessional collaboration, palliative care roles, and navigation roles across the patient journe

Dr Age Schultz (CEO, MASCC) talks to ecancertv at the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 about the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) and his organisation's goals for the future of supportive care.