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CML Patient Groups call for improved access to cancer treatment

Press Release: Leukemia Patient Groups call for improved access to cancer treatment Baveno (Italy) 18 August 2008 · More than 50 organisations supporting patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia have signed the "Baveno CML Declaration" to call for improved access to cancer treatment and better adherence to international treatment guidelines.

The global community of organisations representing patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) is concerned about the growing inequality of access to adequate treatment in all countries and regions.

Patients should be treated equally regardless of race, nationality, faith, age, sex or economic status. Existing differences and delays in the way in which CML patients are monitored and treated should be overcome. International treatment guidelines should be adopted across the world. Additionally, more collaboration should happen towards the ultimate goal: finding a non-invasive cure for CML.

When the global CML community met in Italy in June 2008, more than 50 representatives of CML patient groups signed the "Baveno CML Declaration" to call for these actions. More and more groups are signing the declaration on www.cmladvocates.net today, in the hope to improve treatment for CML patients world wide.

The Baveno CML Declaration