Dear HIFA Colleagues,
It has been said that information is like water –you need to know when it’s not safe to drink. The new edition of Cancer Control 2025, which has been published free online this week [https://www.cancercontrol.info/cancer-control-2025/ ] includes an article by Stephanie Barker ( Reader in Sociology at City St George’s, University of London). Barker draws attention to how TikTok incentivizes cancer misinformation due to the prominence of the algorithm on the user experience, the capacity for unknown creators to gain visibility, and the accessibility of monetization on the app. You can read the full article at: 30-3.pdf https://www.cancercontrol.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/30-3.pdf
Best regards,
Mark
Mark Lodge
Chair, UK and Ireland Global Cancer Network
Commissioning Editor, Cancer Control 2025
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HIFA profile: Mark Lodge is Director of Programme Development at the International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research, Oxford, UK. The INCTR is dedicated to helping to build capacity for cancer treatment and research in countries in which such capacity is presently limited, and thereby to create a foundation on which to build strategies designed to lessen the suffering, limit the number of lives lost, and promote the highest quality of life for children and adults with cancer in these countries, and to increase the quantity and quality of cancer research throughout the world. www.inctr.org mlodge AT canet.org