Carolyn Taylor, Founder and Executive Director of Global Focus on Cancer (GFC), shared a post on LinkedIn:
“I was honored to represent the Lancet Global Health Commission on People-Centered Care for Universal Health Coverage in sharing my views for World Cancer Day on why health systems must move beyond slogans to meaningfully prioritize the lived experience of people affected by cancer.
Too often, ‘people-centered care’ remains a principle rather than a practice — talked about, but not delivered in ways that truly reshape care around real needs, dignity, trust, participation and responsiveness. From long waits and confusing pathways to a lack of psychosocial support and invisible caregiver burdens, the lived realities of people navigating cancer care reveal persistent gaps in how systems are designed and experienced.
Through the Commission’s work — clarifying what people-centered care actually means, distinguishing philosophy from practice, and engaging people with lived experience as evidence, not anecdote — we’re building the foundations for systems that listen, learn and act with people at the centre.
As the world unites around Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)’s ‘United by Unique’ theme, my hope is that this work steers us toward care that is not just clinically excellent, but deeply human, responsive and equitable for every person whose life is touched by cancer.”
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