Brasilia Statement on Improving Cancer Information
(14 October 2009)
Recalling WHO Resolution 58.22 on Cancer Prevention and Control (2005) and PAHO Resolution
CD48.R10 on Cervical Cancer (2008);
Recognizing the contribution of IARC, of over 40 years, to the research of cancer etiology and
prevention, and to the provision of evidence on global cancer prevalence and incidence, the causes
of cancer mechanisms of carcinogenesis and effective strategies for cancer prevention and early
detection;