Cancer in Malaysia - There is Light at the End of the Tunnel

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 632-635

  Lim, G C C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PREVENTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; LUNG CANCER; MALAYSIA; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1842684111     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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