The World from PRX

Cancer’s New Battleground

In this series led by veteran medical reporter Joanne Silberner, we meet patients, doctors, and public health advocates waging a new campaign against a global killer.
Health & Medicine
Infographic: Tobacco’s Shifting Burden
Health & Medicine
Infographic: Access to Morphine around the World
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Infographic: Cervical Cancer’s Toll in the Developing World
Cancer Funding infographic
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Infographic: Cancer Deaths vs. Funding in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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Video: Land of Tobacco
Global Cancer Map
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Interactive Feature: Global Cancer Map
Development & Education
Video: The Breast Club
Dr. Jackson Orem
Health & Medicine
Part I: Cancer’s Lonely Soldier
Clinic in Haiti
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Part II: Pink Ribbons to Haiti
A medical team at Tata Memorial Hospital.
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Part III: An Ounce of Prevention
A young Burkitt's lymphoma patient.
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Part IV: The Infectious Connection
Palliative care patient in Pune, India.
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Part V: Dispensing Comfort
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Prioritizing Cancer