Cancer epidemiology in South Asia - Past, present and future

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL.2, 2010, Pages 49-66

  Moore, Malcolm A ^a,b   Ariyaratne, Yasantha ^c   Bhurgri, Farhana Badar ^d,e   Datta, Karabi ^f   Mathew, Aleyamma ^g   Gangadharan, Paleth ^h   Nandakumar, A ⁱ   Pradhananga, Kishore K ^j   Talukder, Habibullah ^k   Yeole, Balkrishna B ^l   Sobue, Tomotaka ^b  

^a UICC Asian Regional Office for Cancer Control   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c National Malaria Control Programme   (Sri Lanka)

^d SHAUKAT KHANUM MEMORIAL CANCER HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f CHITTARANJAN NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (India)

^g REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

^h AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

ⁱ INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^j BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital   (Nepal)

^k National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^l Indian Cancer Society   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASM; REGISTER; REVIEW;

ASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 77957261382     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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