The challenge of reducing the cancer burden lies in transferring this knowledge into behavioural and social changes.

The UICC Handbook, Evidence-based Cancer Prevention: Strategies for NGOs presents successful, evidence-based prevention strategies for use by civil society, and in particular by NGOs in Latin America, to meet the challenge.

The cancer burden in each area of Latin America and the Caribbean is representative of varying risk factors. While no single intervention strategy is effective in all cases, the UICC Handbook provides scientific evidence to help national and local cancer organisations develop their own successful strategies adapted to the specific needs of their country.

Topics covered in the Handbook: Cancer burden in Latin America and the Caribbean; the role of social factors; theory of behaviour change; evaluation of prevention activities; prevention interventions for main risk factors; early detection programmes.