WCLS 2021: Innovation and equity

26 October 2021, Boston, MA—Global cancer leaders have called for an urgent and comprehensive look at ways to advance health equity, using lessons learned from COVID-19 over the past 20+ months. The 2021 World Cancer Leaders’ Summit, a gathering of global cancer leaders that convened this week for the first time since the pandemic began, concluded with a strong call to address inequities in cancer care. Attendees urged other health care leaders, nonprofit organisations and governments across the world to focus and collaborate on efforts to increase equity.