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Time to be bold and prioritise prevention at UN High-Level Meeting
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Time to be bold and prioritise prevention at UN High-Level Meeting

This year’s UN High-Level Meeting focuses on NCDs. It’s an opportunity to make cancer prevention a priority, so what are we advocating for?

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New major cancer prevention report on dietary and lifestyle patterns
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New major cancer prevention report on dietary and lifestyle patterns

World Cancer Research Fund International launches major new report today on the role of Dietary and Lifestyle Patterns (DLPs) for cancer prevention

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Putting human rights at the heart of cancer prevention 
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Putting human rights at the heart of cancer prevention 

Suzanne Zhou, from the McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, says cancer prevention advocates must engage with human rights law to maximise the co-benefits of human rights and cancer prevention policies

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Preventing cancer. Saving lives

While society continues to search for a cure, our prevention and survival work helps people to live longer, healthier lives – free from the devastating effects of cancer.