A training programme to build cancer research capacity in low- and middle-income countries: findings from Guatemala.

Problem: Guatemala is experiencing an increasing burden of cancer but lacks capacity for cancer prevention, control and research.

Approach: In partnership with a medical school in the United States of America, a multidisciplinary Cancer Control Research Training Institute was developed at the Instituto de Cancerología (INCAN) in Guatemala City. This institute provided a year-long training programme for clinicians that focused on research methods in population health and sociocultural anthropology.