Alessandra Durstine

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the findings of their Cancer Commission and their recommendations to encourage Latin American stakeholders to redouble their efforts to address this increasing cancer burden and to prevent it from worsening and threatening their societies.

TL;DR: In high income countries, NGOs were typically survivor-led, breast cancer-specific NGOs were prominent, and NGOs had a more prominent focus on research, advocacy and legal rights compared to other resource settings.

TL;DR: The focus of the realignment should be on ensuring that health systems have the capacity to equitably provide health services to women throughout their lifecourse and on maximizing collective efforts to meet women's health needs in all settings, even the poorest.

TL;DR: In Mexico, cancer patients report complex survivorship experiences that demand post-treatment follow-up and support and there is the need to implement comprehensive, culturally-relevant survivorship programs focused on emotional, informational, and in-kind support and empowerment of cancer patients.

TL;DR: The authors assess and identify the key strengths and weaknesses for cancer control NGOs in Latin America, with the goal to make recommendations about how to improve the impact of the patient advocacy movement as it pertains to cancer.