Working together with United Nations Agencies, UN Missions, International NGOs, Civil Society and the Private Sector
- To Stop the Predicted Worldwide Cancer Epidemic
- To Examine Ways and Means to Prevent Cancer
- To Promote Early Detection of Cancer
- To Provide Knowledge of Effective/Accessible Treatments to Cancer
- To Create a World Environment that Promotes Healing and Health
PETER BOYLE PH.D.
Director, World Health
Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) - the
sole United Nations research organization dealing with cancer on a
global scale; Former Director of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the
European Institute of Oncology in Milan, Italy; Director of WHO
Collaborating Center for Chronic Disease Epidemiology; with research
mainly in disease prevention and the application of research findings
to reduce populations disease risks and in particular associated with
tobacco, nutrients, hormones and cancer risk.
HAROLD P. FREEMAN, M.D.
Medical
Director of The Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention in
New York City. He is Senior Advisor to the Director of the National
Cancer Institute (NCI). He is also the former Associate Director of the
National Cancer Institute (NCI) and former Director of the NCI Center
to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities. Dr. Freeman is the chief architect
of the American Cancer Society’s initiative on cancer in the poor and
is a leading authority on the interrelationships between race, poverty
and cancer.
ZHI CHEN GUO, M.D.
Renowned
Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine (China), integrating ancient
wisdom with innovative theories to make significant contributions to
the treatment of cancer, heart and circulatory system diseases and
diabetes; Founder and Director of Founder and Director of Zheng Ding
Health Care Center, where more than 10,000 patients have visited the
clinic each day for treatment; (This work was spotlighted in the PBS
documentary, Qigong: Ancient Chinese Healing for the 21st Century.);
Honored as "Most Exceptional Practitioner" by the Grand System of World
Traditional Medicine in Beijing; Credited with containing the spread of
the SARS disease, with his special herbal prescription; created
innovations in Qigong and medicine including Dong Yi Gong, Zhi Neng
Medicine and Body Space Medicine.
DR. JIMMIE C. HOLLAND
Wayne E. Chapman Chair in Psychiatric Oncology at Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Widely considered the founder of the
discipline of psycho-oncology and is representing the International
Psycho-Oncology Society.
PETER HUDOBA, M.D.
Canadian Surgeon and Director of Research Institute
United Nations SECRETARY GENERAL, BAN KI MOON (invited)
CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL McCAUL
Congressman
from Texas, reintroducing legislation to pass federal bill to fund
biomedical research programs aimed at curing and preventing pediatric
cancers; support a national childhood cancer database enabling
researchers to study children with cancer; identify cancer causes and
aid in the development of prevention strategies; and foster clinical
research for pediatric oncologists to help ensure that families
affected by childhood cancer gain access to the best available
therapies.
RAUL C. RIBEIRO, M.D.
Director, International
Outreach Program Director, St. Judes Children's
Hospital
DIANA ROWDEN
Director
of International Programs at Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
Dedicated to curing breast cancer at every stage - from the causes to
the cures, the foundation has established the Race for the Cure, has
raised community awareness and funding for breast cancer education and
scientific research - established the world's largest 5K race series,
raising more than $225 million for breast cancer.
MARK CLANTON, M.D., M.P.H.
Chief Medical Staff Officer, High Plains Division, American Cancer
Society and Member of PACT Strategic Advisory Board. PACT is a program
of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The IAEA has worked
for over 30 years in 110 developing countries to deploy sound
radiotherapy programmes, expending over $160 million on cancer-related
assistance, while improving access to safe and effective cancer
treatment. IAEA/PACT responds to the needs of developing
countries by addressing the clinical, financial, legal, regulatory,
technical and human resources needed to establish, improve, or expand
radiotherapy treatment programmes in the context of sound national
cancer control programmes. PACT pursues this goal in accordance with
the priorities and needs of the countries and regions concerned,
viewing prospective RT centres, Member States, international
organizations and others from the public and private sectors as key
partners. PACT has formed multiple partnerships with other leading
organizations in the global health community to raise awareness and
call for greater involvement in the cancer issue.
JAY and LIZ SCOTT
Co-Founders of
Alex's Lemonade Stand - Fighting Cancer One Cup at a Time - Fund
raising millions of dollars in the name of her daughter, for cancer
research; advocating - Advocating for a cure for cancer - Teaching
other (of all ages) to learn that they can make a difference in the
fight against cancer.
BERNIE SEIGEL, M.D.
Renowned
oncologist, known for integrating science and medicine with love and
compassion, as seen if his first book: "Love, Medicine and Miracles;
originator of "Exceptional Cancer Patients", a specific form of
individual and group therapy utilizing patients' drawings, dreams,
images and feelings. ECaP is based on "carefrontation," a safe, loving
therapeutic confrontation, which facilitates personal lifestyle
changes, personal empowerment and healing of the individual's life.
ZHI GANG SHA, M.D.
Extraordinary
healer, advanced spiritual master and inspired teacher; MD in China,
Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China and Canada, Founder of
the Institute of Soul Mind Body Medicine; New York Times best-selling
author of Soul Mind Body Medicine: A Complete Soul Healing System for
Optimum Health and Vitality; Grandmaster of Tai Chi, Qigong, I Ching
and Feng Shui; and Western teacher of Body Space Medicine, which helped
contain the SARS epidemic in China.
RENE TAYLOR
Former South African National Youth Commissioner, appointed by Former President Nelson Mandela and Cancer Survivor