2016 World Cancer Congress: at the heart of prevention

EXPERT VIEWS

Terry Slevin, Director Education and Research at Cancer Council Western Australia and Member of the 2016 WCC Programme Committee comments on the latest trends in prevention.

MASTER YOUR KNOWLEDGE IN PREVENTION - SPOT THE RIGHT SESSIONS WITHIN THE CONGRESS PROGRAMME

• Taxing tobacco and the tobacco industry: a win for both health and development
• Raising awareness and changing behaviour to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent cancer – from theory to practice
• The Cancer Prevention Initiative: A model for increasing capacity in policy translatable behavioural and lifestyle research
• Mammography Screening - What are we achieving?
• Primary care based approaches to cancer prevention, screening and early diagnosis; exemplar projects from South Asia, Africa and North America
• E-cigarettes, harm reduction and cancer control: building the evidence and navigating the debate
• Communication Strategies for Cancer Prevention and Control: From traditional to new media
• Innovations in maximising HPV vaccination uptake and cervical cancer screening in High Income Countries
• Obesity prevention and control- lessons from campaigns, interventions and advocacy
• BIG DEBATE - Scare resources are best applied to prevention

View more: http://www.worldcancercongress.org/programme/session-schedule/all?keys=prevention