National planning for cancer control is the most effective way to address the cancer problem in Yemen. Each country has its own characteristics in terms of cancer burden, cancer and risk factors, culture, health system, and available financial and human resources as well. As infrastructure it must be carefully evaluated in order to establish realistic and achievable business priorities. The Ministry of Public Health and Population in Yemen has started the process of preparing the document “National Cancer Control plan in Yemen” (NCCP-Y) “in January 2006, and it was amended in 2007. But this document did not see the light, then events and local and Arab popular interactions followed, and at a time when there were no oncology centers other than the National oncology Center in Sana’a, no specific strategy or plan was implemented. The National Program of Cancer Control preparing the proposal of national plan for cancer control in Yemen in line with the framework of the World Health Organization and the Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, with specific goals and objectives. The goals are to control cancer, reduce incidence, control mortality, and improve outcomes and quality of life for cancer patients.

Keywords : Cancer Control Plan, Yemen, Burden of Cancer, Treatment Guidelines