Abstract

Family Medicine and Community Health I am delighted to present to our readers this issue of Family Medicine and Community Health with a thematic focus entitled ‘Global perspective, cancer and primary care.’ This issue has been coordinated in collaboration with the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and Swetland Center for Environmental Health at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Cancer is now considered a chronic disease that has touched all walks of life across countries and populations. A global per- spective and coordinated efforts are needed in our war against cancer, where primary care is at the forefront – from risk reduction to survivorship along the cancer care continuum. The articles published in this issue of the Family Medicine and Community Health cover issues related to cancer screening, treatment, survivorship, access to care, and global health. Two additional articles ree fl ct on family medicine as a developing discipline in China, which shall be of broad interest to our global readership. I hope our readers will find these articles provocative and informative. Sincerely, Li Li ( ), MD, PhD, FAAFP Li Li, MD, PhD, is Professor of Family Medicine, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics, and Mary Ann Swetland