Ensuring Global Access to Cancer Medicines: A Generational Call to Action

Cancer Discov. 2023 Feb 6;13(2):269-274. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-22-1372.

Abstract

Essential cancer treatments are not accessible, affordable, or available to patients who need them in many parts of the world. A new Access to Oncology Medicines (ATOM) Coalition, using public-private partnerships, aims to bring essential cancer medicines and diagnostics to patients in low- and lower middle-income countries.

MeSH terms

  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  • Drugs, Essential* / therapeutic use
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Humans
  • Medical Oncology
  • Neoplasms* / drug therapy

Substances

  • Drugs, Essential