International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) have joined forces to establish the PACT Fund at NFCR. This special fund supports the IAEA’s Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT) in America for developing countries.

Cancer kills more people than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. It is second only to heart disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 7.6 million people died of cancer in 2005. 84 million people, most of them in poor countries, will die in the next ten years if action is not taken now.

More than one third of cancers can be prevented and another third are curable if detected early. But in many developing countries with over-burdened health systems, cancer is a low priority in terms of allocated resources, and there are few screening or prevention programmes. In low and middle income countries, about 70% of all cancer cases are diagnosed too late.

"Our partnership with the National Foundation for Cancer Research will expand the capacity of the IAEA's Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy to help developing countries respond effectively to the looming cancer crisis,” said Dr. Massoud Samiei, Head of the PACT Programme Office. “We welcome the PACT Fund at NFCR and the opportunity it provides for Americans to support our efforts to save millions of lives and reduce the suffering of millions more."

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