Cancer brings an increasing health and economic burden worldwide, and the greatest impact is had on the most vulnerable populations. In this Comment, Christopher Wild discusses the need for investment to ensure long-term cancer prevention strategies.
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Wild, C.P. The global cancer burden: necessity is the mother of prevention. Nat Rev Cancer 19, 123–124 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41568-019-0110-3
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