Early Cancer Diagnosis Saves Lives, Cuts Treatment Costs

Improve public awareness of different cancer symptoms and encourage people to seek care when these arise. Invest in strengthening and equipping health services and training health workers so they can conduct accurate and timely diagnostics. Ensure people living with cancer can access safe and effective treatment, including pain relief, without incurring prohibitive personal or financial hardship. Challenges are clearly greater in lowand middle-income countries, which have lower abilities to provide access to effective diagnostic services, including imaging, laboratory tests, and pathology – all key to helping detect cancers and plan treatment. Countries also currently have different capacities to refer cancer patients to the appropriate level of care.