Improving Patient Access Across the Lung Cancer Care Continuum

This project convened a policy dialogue at the margins of the Third Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM3) Health Working Group (HWG) meetings in August 2025 to address access gaps across the lung cancer care continuum that were articulated in the 2024 APEC policy dialogue “Accelerating Progress for Lung Cancer Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment: Learnings from APEC Collaboration on Cancer Control.” Member economies shared comprehensive strategies for the prevention and control of cancer, with a focus on addressing risk factors specific to their population and models for accessing financing for prevention and control. Economies additionally sought to articulate how they can better collaborate to provide innovative diagnostics and treatments that are impactful at the individual and population level.