title: The 6th Asia cancer forum: what should we do to place cancer on the global health agenda? Sharing information leads to human security.
abstract: This forum discussed issues relating to the inclusion of cancer on the global health agenda, with the ultimate aim of achieving human security for all people. The forum discussed what methods are available to the cancer community in attempts to create a common data system for the rapidly growing Asian region. Discussions also focused on the preparations that can be made to consider and respond to the obstacles to the creation of an Asia-wide data and information network. It was also noted that in order to create a cancer information network, support would need to be provided to low- and middle-income countries and efforts made to ensure that data are comparable.
authors: Department of Strategic Investigation on Comprehensive Cancer Network, Research, Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan. norie.kawahara@med.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors: Norie
authors: N
authors: Kawahara
authors: Haruhiko
authors: H
authors: Sugimura
authors: Akira
authors: A
authors: Nakagawara
authors: Tohru
authors: T
authors: Masui
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Miyake
authors: Masanori
authors: M
authors: Akiyama
authors: Ibrahim A
authors: IA
authors: Wahid
authors: Xishan
authors: X
authors: Hao
authors: Hideyuki
authors: H
authors: Akaza
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D014943:Global Health; D006291:Health Policy / Q000639:trends; D006292:Health Priorities; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007391:International Cooperation; D008019:Life Style; D008490:Medical Informatics; D009369:Neoplasms; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000639:trends; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014015:Tissue Banks / Q000639:trends