Role of American Society of Clinical Oncology in low- and middle-income countries

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 3097-3102

  Patel, Jyoti D ^a   Galsky, Matthew D ^b   Chagpar, Anees B ^c   Pyle, Doug ^d   Loehrer Sr , Patrick J ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; SURVIVAL RATE; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH DISPARITY; INCOME; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MASS COMMUNICATION; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AWARENESS; COST OF ILLNESS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; VIRUS DISEASES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 80051649556     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2011.35.6378     Document Type: Review

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