At the UICC conference in China, a report is being released from the American Cancer Society that reveals that “Cancer is the world’s top economic killer as well as the leading cause of death globally”. All of us who have dealt with cancer know the enormous personal and human cost of cancer. This new study reveals the extraordinary economic cost of cancer. Cancer is an enormous health issue globally and its encouraging the focus is beginning to be put on this disease by the international health community. Please open the link below and read the short summary of the report for yourself. The world is “under invested” in all aspects of cancer control--- from prevention and early detection to treatment and cure based research.