Progress and remaining challenges for cancer control in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Address: Centre for Oncology and Hematology, Wilhelminen Hospital, Vienna, Austria; The Global Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.; The Global Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Hemato-Oncology Department, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición, Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico; Avon International Breast Cancer Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.; Instituto de Cancerología, Centro de Cáncer de Mama, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico; Departmento de Investigación y de Tumores Mamarios, Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia, Mexico City, Mexico.; Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.; Hospital Mae de Deus, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Hospital Sao Lucas da PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.; Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Instituto do Câncer Mãe de Deus, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.; Department of Geriatrics, Cancer Care in the Elderly Clinic, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición, Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico.; Vincent Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.; Sociedad Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Oncología Médica, Buenos Aires, Argentina.; Medical Oncology, Centro Paulista de Oncologia and Oncoclinicas do Brasil Group, São Paulo, Brazil; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.; Department of Oncology, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay.; Hospital do Câncer de Barretos, Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil.; The Global Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Avon International Breast Cancer Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.; Instituto de Cancerología, Centro de Cáncer de Mama, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.; Cátedra CONACYT, Unidad de Epidemiología, Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia, Mexico City, Mexico.; Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil.; Oncology Department, Maria Curie Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.; Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA.; Federal University, Minas Gerais, Brazil; EVA-Group Brasileiro de Tumores Ginecológicos, Brazilian Gynecologic Oncology Group, Bahia, Brazil.; Clinica AMO, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.; Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.; Grupo Argentino de Investigación Clínica en Oncología-GAICO, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.; The Global Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Avon International Breast Cancer Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].