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Provides up-to-date estimates of cancer incidence, mortality, and prevalence worldwide

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UMN Research Toolkit

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The Cancer Atlas

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Provides a global overview of information about the burden of cancer, associated risk factors, methods of prevention and measures of control

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MD Anderson and Zambia Clinical Research Training Program

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Global Publications

Evolving practice in global healthcare: Remote physics support for low- and middle-income countries. Shada Wadi-Ramahi, et al. (J Appl Clin Med Phys, 2023)

Radiation Therapy Physics Quality Assurance and Management Practices in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Initial Pilot Survey in Six Countries and Validation Through a Site Visit. Afua Yorke, et al. (ARO, 2023)

Building medical physics continuing education programming tailored to the site-specific needs in low- and middle-income countries: an initial framework. William Swanson, et al. (Fmed, 2025)

Virtual Mentoring for Medical Physicists: Results of a Global Online Survey. Jacob Van Dyk, et al. (J Med Phys, 2024)

Assessing Radiology and Radiation Therapy Needs for Cancer Care in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries: Insight From a Global Survey of Departmental and Institutional Leaders. Stephanie Parker, et al. (ARO, 2024)

Taking Guatemala From Cobalt to IMRT: A Tale of US Agency Collaboration With Academic Institutions and Industry. Angel Velarde et al. (IJROBP, 2020)

Reimagining Education in Global Radiotherapy: The Experiences and Contribution of Rayos Contra Cancer. Afua Yorke, et al. (JCO Glob Onc, 2023)

Addressing the Global Expertise Gap in Radiation Oncology: The Radiation Planning Assistant. Laurence Court, et al. (JCO Glob Onc, 2023)

Challenges and opportunities for implementing hypofractionated radiotherapy in Africa: lessons from the HypoAfrica clinical trial. Elizabeth Olatunji, et al. (ecancer, 2023)

Global status of medical physics human resource - The IOMP survey report. Eva Bezak, et al. (Phys Med, 2023)

Distance Traveled by Patients Globally to Access Radiation Therapy: A Systematic Review. Sierra Silverwood, et al. (IJROBP, 2024)

Characteristics of Global Radiation Therapy Trials Between 2017 and 2022: A Cross-Sectional Study. Runzhe Chen, et al. (IJROBP, 2024)

Radiotherapy and theranostics: a Lancet Oncology Commission. May Abdel-Wahab, et al. (Lancet Onc, 2024)

The global, regional, and national burden of cancer, 1990–2023, with forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. GBD 2023 Cancer Collaborators. (Lancet, 2025)