Cancer Prevention as International Risk Governance: Exposure, Equity, and the Politics of Inaction

Cancer Prevention as International Risk Governance: Exposure, Equity, and the Politics of Inaction

ByKaterina Mazzucchelli

Despite decades of innovation in oncology, over 40 percent of cancers remain preventable. Yet only 5 percent of global cancer spending is allocated to prevention. In any other domain of risk management, such a mismatch would be considered negligence. This week on The International Risk Podcast, Dominic Bowen is joined by Dr. Joachim Schüz to…

Dr Joachim Schüz

Dr Joachim Schüz

ByKaterina Mazzucchelli

Dr Joachim Schüz is Head of the Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch at the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the cancer research agency of the World Health Organization, located in Lyon, France (IARC/WHO). The Branch leads the IARC/WHO research on causes and primary prevention of cancer on occupational hazards, environmental contaminants, some lifestyle factors,…