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Monday, 6 July 2026 REMINDER MEDIA ADVISORY Embargoed WHO press conference on the launch of the Global Status Report on Cancer 2026When: Monday, 6 July 2026, 15:30 CEST What: WHO and its International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) will present key findings from the upcoming Global Status Report on Cancer 2026. This report provides the first comprehensive analysis of global progress in cancer prevention and control, while identifying critical gaps that remain. The report synthesizes the latest evidence on the burden, trends, risk factors, health system response, and persistent inequities in access to prevention and care. Taking a strong people‑centred perspective, the report underscores that behind every statistic are individuals, families and communities whose lives are profoundly affected by cancer. It reinforces cancer as a major global public health priority and sets out actionable strategies to accelerate progress. The report and the contents of the press conference are embargoed until Wednesday, 8 July 2026, 14:00 CET. Early access to the report is offered to journalists only. Please request by email to Murat Gungor gungorm@who.int and mediainquiries@who.int. Speakers: · Dr Andre Ilbawi, Team Lead for Cancer Control, WHO · Dr Isabelle Soerjomataram, Deputy Head of the IARC Cancer Surveillance Unit · Mrs Abigail Simon-Hart, a breast cancer survivor and patient advocate Join by Zoom:
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Notes to journalists Please ensure you enter your name and media outlet (use name/outlet). Kindly note, only questions from media (one per journalist) are allowed. When you sign in you will be automatically put in the meeting room. WHO reserves the right to remove any participant whose behaviour causes any disruption. To ask a question, please click "raise hand" and this will enter you into the queue for questions. (It can be found under the tab: participants.) Please make sure you have a microphone connected or active on your computer. Do not ask questions via the chat as we cannot guarantee that we will can incorporate them into the q&a session. For translation during the VPC, choices are under "interpretation" or "language interpretation" depending on which version of Zoom you use. Due to the volume of questions, we are no longer able to take them from phone callers and interpretation is not available via telephone. 
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