Executive Summary -- Biological and Social Aspects of Cancer -- Biological Aspectsof Cancer -- Social Aspects of Cancer -- Causes of Cancer -- Biological and Genetic Factors -- External Agents -- Relative Importance of Various Causes of Cancer -- Burden of Cancer -- Cancer as a World Health Problem -- Cancer of Various Sites -- Cancer Trends Over Time -- Psychosocial and Economic Impacts of Cancer -- Prevention -- Tobacco -- Diet -- Alcohol -- Occupation and Environment -- Infections and Cancer -- Sunlight -- Sexual and Reproductive Factors -- A Framework for Health Promotion -- Priority Prevention Actionsfor Various Resource Levels -- Early Detection of Cancer -- Early Diagnosis -- Screening for Cancer -- Recommended Early Detection Policiesfor Various Resource Levels -- Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer -- Diagnosis of Cancer -- Treatment of Cancer -- Priority Actions for Cancer Treatment According to Resource Levels -- Pain Relief and Palliative Care -- WHO's Definition of Palliative Care -- WHO Definition of Palliative Care for Children -- Relevance -- Resource Allocation -- Assessment -- Drug Availability -- Education -- Government Policy -- Components of Palliative Care -- Priority actions for Palliative CareAccording to Resource Levels -- Cancer Control Research -- Development of National CapacityFor Cancer research -- Research Aims -- Major Areas of Research -- Phases of Research -- Promoting Evidence-Based Cancer Control -- Research in Developing Countries -- Priorities for Global Cancer Research -- Surveillance in Cancer Control -- Measuring the Burden of Cancer -- Population-Based Cancer Registry -- Statistics on Cancer Mortality -- The WHO Stepwise Approach forMeasuring Key Risk Factors -- Surveillance Infrastructure -- Planning a NationalCancer Control Programme -- What is a national cancercontrol programme?.

Why Establish a NationalCancer Control Programme? -- Which countries have nationaLcancer control programmes? -- Who should be involved in planning a national cancer control programme? -- How to plan a nationalcancer control programme? -- Assessment of strategies foreight common cancers1 -- Formulating the nationalcancer control programme Policy -- Implementing a NationalCancer Control Programme -- Moving from Policy to Implementation -- Global Action to Support National Efforts -- Monitoring and Evaluatingthe Programme -- What is Programme Evaluation? -- How to carry out effective evaluation of a national cancer control programme? -- Priorities for Various Resource Levels -- Priority Prevention Actions forVarious Resource Levels -- Recommended Early Detection Policies for Various Resource Levels -- Priority Actions for Cancer Treatment According to Resource Levels -- Priority actions for Palliative CareAccording to Resource Levels -- Acknowledgements -- References.