MD Anderson and WHO establish international collaboration to reduce women’s cancers

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MD Anderson Cancer Center and World Health Organization formed an agreement to establish a new international collaboration concentrated on reducing the global burden of women’s cancers. The agreement builds on years of collaboration between the two institutions to further promote their shared efforts in advancing global cancer initiatives in women’s cancers, including breast and cervical cancers.

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