PRINCIPLE 1: 

ENGAGE PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES

To build a compassionate and responsive cancer care system, people living with cancer must be actively engaged and involved in shaping services, care practices, and health policies. Their lived experience, along with insights from caregivers and advocacy groups, can help identify challenges and drive improvements. A system cannot respond to the needs of people living with cancer if it is not created in collaboration with them.   

PRINCIPLE 2: 

REORIENTING THE MODEL OF CARE

Care must be continuous, coordinated, and compassionate - extending through treatment, survivorship, and end-of-life, addressing long-term impacts, dignity, health literacy and support for patients and families.

PRINCIPLE 3: 

EQUITY, INCLUSION AND TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNANCE

Decision-making must be equitable and inclusive, addressing barriers like geography, language, income, disability, and stigma. Cancer strategies should involve patients to ensure services are accessible and culturally sensitive. 

PRINCIPLE 4: 

CREATING AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR CANCER CARE REFORM

Creating the conditions for change requires action across the entire health and cancer care system. This includes strong leadership, appropriate and supportive policies and regulations, systems that reward quality and collaboration, and a workforce ready to deliver new models of care.