Supporting more affordable and equitable cancer care and research in Lower and Middle Income Countries: e cancer's commitment

Ecancermedicalscience. 2021 Nov 2:15:ed116. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2021.ed116. eCollection 2021.

Abstract

Oncology professionals in Lower and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) are facing a challenging situation with rising cancer cases together with a lack of educational support and access to relevant research. This article outlines what ecancer are doing as an organisation to try to address these issues by providing high quality education in multiple formats for free and supporting authors and readers from LMICs to access and publish research.

Keywords: Lower and Middle Income Countries (LMICs); accessible; cancer; e-learning; education; events; journal; open access; patients; videos.

Publication types

  • Editorial