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Jun 25, 2025, 05:25
Zacharoula Sidiropoulou: Millions Die from Cancer – Not Because the Science Isn’t There, But Because Political Vision and Will Aren’t
Zacharoula Sidiropoulou, Senior Consultant Breast Surgical Oncologist at Hospital São Francisco Xavier, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Cancer is a political issue. Let’s stop pretending. Let´s stop fooling ourselves
Every year, millions die from cancer not because the science isn’t there — but because political vision and will aren’t.
This is not just a health crisis — it’s a global failure of justice, equity, and accountability.
When 70% of cancer deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, that’s not biology.
That’s policy neglect.
That’s colonial health systems still dictating who lives and who dies.
We need to stop treating cancer control like a technocratic puzzle and start calling it what it is:
A fight for resource equity
A demand for decentralized, people-powered solutions
A struggle against the normalization of preventable deaths
A true global cancer strategy means:
Funding local solutions, not importing broken models
De-linking access to care from income or geography
Calling out systems that profit from inequality
This isn’t about awareness anymore. We are past that.
This is about action. Redistribution. Power.”
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