governments and WHO to accelerate action to achieve the targets specified in the and the 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development to reduce premature mortality from cancer.WHO and IARC collaborate with other UN organizations, inlcuing the International Atomic Energy Agency, and partners to:increase political commitment for cancer prevention and control;coordinate and conduct research on the causes of human cancer and the mechanisms of carcinogenesis;monitor the cancer burden (as part of the work of the Global Initiative on Cancer Registries);identify “best buys” and other cost-effective, priority strategies for cancer prevention and control;develop standards and tools to guide the planning and implementation of interventions for prevention, early diagnosis, screening, treatment and palliative and survivorship care for both adult and child cancers;strengthen health systems at national and local levels to help them improve access to cancer treatments;set the agenda for cancer prevention and control in the 2020 WHO Report on Cancer; provide global leadership as well as technical assistance to support governments and their partners build and sustain high-quality cervical cancer control programmes as part of the Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer;improve breast cancer control and reduce avoidable deaths from breast cancer, focusing on health promotion, timely diagnosis and access to care in order to accelerate coordinated implementation through the WHO Global Breast Cancer Initiative;support governments to improve survival for childhood cancer through directed country support, regional networks and global action as part of the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer using the CureAll approach; increase access to essential cancer medicines, particularly through the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines; andprovide technical assistance for rapid, effective transfer of best practice interventions to countries. References(1) Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, et al. Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon: International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2020 (,, Cancer mortality is reduced when cases are detected and treated early. There are two components of early detection: early diagnosis and screening. Early diagnosis. When identified early, cancer is more likely to respond to treatment and can result in a greater probability of survival with less morbidity, as well as less expensive treatment., Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally, accounting for an estimated 9.6 million deaths, or 1 in 6 deaths, in 2018. Lung, prostate, colorectal, stomach and liver cancer are the most common types of cancer in men, while breast, colorectal, lung, cervical and thyroid cancer are the most common among women..