Morning Briefing

"More than 50 percent of all new cancers and two-thirds of the annual cancer mortality worldwide happen in low-income and middle-income countries," a Lancet editorial states and describes how the recently released report Closing the Cancer Divide, by the Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries, "presents a compelling case for comprehensive action on expanded access to cancer care and control with realistic recommendations that will be beneficial beyond cancer." The editorial says the report notes that cancer and issues surrounding it "need to be addressed on humanitarian and rights-based grounds," as well as "in terms of economic productivity and development."