title: The 7th Asia Cancer Forum: from the perspective of human security, how can we collaborate as Asians in order to place cancer on the global health agenda? How can we fill in the gaps that exist among us?
abstract: This forum has continued to discuss the inclusion of cancer on the global health agenda, and specifically the Millennium Development Goals. The seventh forum presented an overview of activities to date, supplemented by reports from Korea, local governments in Japan and representatives from the pharmaceutical industry. Discussion focused on how to engage in measures to tackle cancer prevention and achieve early detection and effective treatment, using limited resources. It was recognized that with non-communicable diseases gaining increasing attention in international dialogue, it is now of the utmost importance to share an accurate recognition of cancer research and treatment throughout Asia and the wider world. Participants concurred that cancer issues are decoupled from the development aid agenda and that cooperation should be advanced on the basis of international cooperation without recourse to governmental development aid.
authors.affiliation: 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.forename: Norie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawahara
authors.forename: Jae Kyung
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Roh
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akaza
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakagawara
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Shinjiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nozaki
authors.forename: Manami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Haruhiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugimura
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miyake
authors.forename: Fu
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001208:Asia; D044466:Asian People; D002681:China; D003906:Developing Countries; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007391:International Cooperation; D007564:Japan; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution