UICC & Bupa – Cancer – It’s everyone’s business: How businesses and cancer organisations can work together to combat cancer

Cancer is the world’s biggest killer. In 2012, cancer caused over 8 million deaths and around half of those people were in the prime of their productive years. The cost, not just in healthcare but also in productivity, is immense - every year, the world’s 14 million new cases of cancer have a total economic cost of USD 1.16 trillion. Developing economies face particular challenges as the rates of cancer and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) – mostly cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes - continue to increase. This doesn’t just drain their resources, it deprives them of the workers they need to build their way out of poverty and achieve economic growth.