Publisher's Synopsis
"Andrea Vicini, SJ, [and other contributors, stress] the need to address the global cancer pandemic, while the world struggles with the ongoing pandemic caused by COVID-19. Cancer affects millions of people. It is the first or second cause of death in 134 countries, the leading cause of death in most high-income countries (i.e., 10 million deaths in 2020), and the leading cause of death by disease in American children. Cancer is also unjust. Striking inequities can be traced within and between countries in cancer incidence and survival by race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic-status. Survival is much higher among the wealthy than among the poor. Hence, this volume presupposes that health can be promoted in ethically just ways with great benefit for individuals, populations across continents, and the whole planet. Health is a comprehensive and inclusive good. What threatens health could be, at the same time, what stimulates renewed ways the
