Cancer care challenges in developing countries

Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3627-3635

  Price, Adi J ^a   Ndom, Paul ^b   Atenguena, Etienne ^b   Mambou Nouemssi, Jean Pierre ^b   Ryder, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YAOUNDÉ GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

breast cancer; Cameroon; delayed diagnosis; Kaposi sarcoma; lymphoma; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CARE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY DELAY;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863304588     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26681     Document Type: Article

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