Cancer care in the rural areas of India: A firsthand experience of a clinical oncologist and review of literatures

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-303

  Das, S ^a   Patro, K C ^b  

^a Government of Orissa   (India)

^b Department of Radiation Oncology   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer Control; Cancer Control Program; Cancer Prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOUTH CANCER; ONCOLOGIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANDEMIC; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; RURAL AREA; SELF EXAMINATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

HUMANS; INDIA; NEOPLASMS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 78650085827     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.73369     Document Type: Article

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