Introduction

The following exceptional people have been kind enough to participate in Cancer is... by allowing us to come into their homes and work places to spend time with them discovering their views and knowledge on various aspects of cancer.

They are listed in the order they were filmed.

Dr. Peter Boyle

Director
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
United Nations

Professor Margaret Stanley

Deputy Head
Department of Pathology
Univeristy of Cambridge
UK

Professor David Kerr

Head
Department of Clinical Pharmacology
University of Oxford
UK

Mr. Simon Davies

Chief Executive Officer
Teenage Cancer Trust
UK

Dr. Dominique de Valeriola

Chief Medical Officer
Institut Jules Bordet

Member of the Board
European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
Belgium

Ms. Ariane Cambier

General Secretary
Les amis de l'Institut Bordet
Belgium

Dr. Martine J. Piccart-Gebhart

Head of Medicine Department
Institut Jules Bordet

Chair
Breast International Group (BIG)

President
European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
Belgium

Professor Witold Zatonski

Director
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention
Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology
Poland

Professor Gordon McVie

Senior Consultant for Research Strategy and International Affairs
Scientific Directorate
European Institute of Oncology (IEO)
Italy

Dr. Arben Ivanaj

Deputy minister
Ministry of Health
Albania

Dr. Agim Sallaku

Director
Department of Oncology
Mother Teresa Hospital
Albania

Dr. Anjeza Dishnica

Clinical Psychologist
Department of Oncology
Mother Teresa Hospital
Albania

Dr. Pierre Chennet

General & Digestive Surgeon
Clinique d'Argonay
France

Dr. Nicolas Destrumelle

General & Digestive Surgeon
Clinique d'Argonay
France

Dr. Luc Hessel

Executive Director
Medical and Public Affairs for Europe
Sanofi-Pasteur MSD
France

Dr. Claudia Naylor

Director of Cancer Hospital IV
Instituto Nacional de Câncer
Brazil

Dr. Marisa Breitenbach

Research Coordinator
Instituto Nacional de Câncer
Brazil

Dr. Tania Cavalcante

Tobacco Control Division chief
Coordinator of the Executive Secretariat of the National Commission on FCTC Implementation
Instituto Nacional de Câncer
Ministry of Health
Brazil

Luiz Augusto Maltoni

Assistance Coordinator
Instituto Nacional de Câncer
Brazil

Professor Luiz Antonio Santini

Director
Instituto Nacional de Câncer
Brazil

Dr. Carlos Vallejos

Former Peruvian Minister of Health
Director General
Institute of Neoplastic Disease (INEN)
Peru

Dr. Raúl Cordero

Deputy Director General
National Institute of Neoplastic Disease (INEN)
Peru

Dr. Luis Pinillos

Former Peruvian Minister of Health
Former Director General
Institute of Neoplastic Disease (INEN)
Peru

Maria Linda de Taboada

President
Alianza de Apoyo Alinen
National Institute of Neoplastic Disease (INEN)
Peru

Dr. Ronald Antonio Collado Asillo

Anaesthesiologist
IREN - Trujillo
Peru

Lic. Karla Antonieta Rodríguez Cerna

Nurse
IREN - Trujillo
Peru

Dr. Eduardo Torres Armas

Oncologist
IREN - Trujillo
Peru

Professor Bernard Levin

Professor Emeritus
MD Anderson Cancer Centre
University of Texas
USA

Ms. Ruth Hoffman

Founder & Executive Director
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
USA

Dr. Elmer Huerta

President
American Cancer Society (ACS)

Director
Cancer Preventorium of the Washington Hospital Center
USA

Dr. Thomas J. Glynn

Director Cancer science and trends & Director International tobacco programs
American Cancer Society
USA

Ms. Nancy Brinker

Founder
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
USA

Dr. Otis Brawley

Chief Medical Officer
American Cancer Society
USA

Dr. Andrew G. Penman

Chief Executive Officer
The Cancer Council NSW
Australia

Professor William B. Coman

Professor of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgeon
University of Queensland
Australia

Dr. Jonathon Stretch

Deputy Director
Sydney Melanoma Unit

Plastic surgeon

Member of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons
Australia

Dr. Paul Heinrich

Creative Director
Pam McLean Centre Northern Clinical School
Royal North Shore Hospital
Australia

Dr. Setsuo Hirohashi

President
National Cancer Center
Japan

Dr. Khee Chee Soo

Director
National Cancer Center

Secretary General
Asian National Cancer Center Alliance
Singapore

Dr. Toh Han Chong

Senior Consultant
Department of Medical Oncology
National Cancer Centre
Singapore

Assoc. Prof. Cynthia Goh

Head
Department of Palliative Medicine
National Cancer Centre
Singapore

Assoc. Prof. Hung Huynh

Principal Investigator
Laboratory of Medical Endocrinology
Division of Cellular and Mollecular Research
National Cancer Centre
Singapore

Prof. David M. Virshup

Professor and Director
Program in Cancer and Stem Cell Biology
Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Singapore

Dr. Thiravud Khuhaprema

Director
National Cancer Institute
Thailand

Ms. Martha Molete

Head
Department of Communication and Advocacy
Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA)
South Africa

Dr. Twalib A. Ngoma

Executive Director
Ocean Road Cancer Institute
Tanzania

President
African Organization of Research and Treatment of Cancer (AORTIC)

Country Coordinator
International Network for Cancer, Treatment and Research (INCTR)

Country Coordinator
Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (IAEA-PACT)

Dr. José Baselga

Chairman and Professor of Medecine
Vall D'Hebron Institute of Oncology
Spain

Mr. Greg Donaldson

National Vice President
Corporate Communications
American Cancer Society
USA

Dr. John Seffrin

Chief Executive Officer
American Cancer Society
USA

Mr. Massoud Samiei

Head
Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
United Nations

Dr. Franco Cavalli

President
International Union Against Cancer (UICC)
Switzerland

Ms. Susan Knox

Executive Director
Europa Donna
Italy

Dr. Ketayun Dinshaw

Director
Tata Memorial Center
India

Dr. Philippe Douste-Blazy

Former French Minister
Mayor of Toulouse
Head of the Canceropôle of Toulouse
France

Doug Ulman

President/CEO
LIVESTRONG
Lance Armstrong Foundation
USA