WBCPC at World Cancer Congress 2022

The WBCPC delegation included President Dr Lydia Makaroff and Executive Director Alex Filicevas, focusing on connecting with patient advocates, civil society groups and cancer control leaders from around the world. WBCPC is committed to developing our collective knowledge of cancer control challenges and patient needs worldwide, especially in low-resource settings. This will help us better respond to unmet needs, identify partners and work together with the community to ensure that people affected by bladder cancer have access to the best available support and care no matter where they live in the world.

Dr Lydia Makaroff made an audience contribution at the session “Redefining cancer research priorities in the emerging context of the COVID-19 pandemic”, organized by the Institute of Cancer Policy, Kings College London. Lydia highlighted the need for professional organizations, UICC, and civil society to work together to improve treatment guidelines for low-resource areas, considering the availability of certain medications or resources and practice variations in different and remote regions of the world. She also noted how cancer patient organisations can take global policy priorities locally to their local or national governments to drive change.