The role of hospital-based cancer registries in low and middle income countries-The Nigerian Case Study

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 430-435

  Jedy Agba, Elima E ^a   Curado, Maria Paula ^b   Oga, Emmanuel ^a   Samaila, Modupeola O ^c   Ezeome, Emmanuel R ^d   Obiorah, Christopher ^e   Erinomo, Olagoke O ^f   Ekanem, Ima obong A ^g   Uka, Cornelius ^h   Mayun, Ahmed ⁱ   Afolayan, Enoch A ^j   Abiodun, Popoola ^k   Olasode, Babatunde J ^l   Omonisi, Abidemi ^l   Otu, Theresa ^m   Osinubi, Patience ⁿ   Dakum, Patrick ^a   Blattner, William ^o   Adebamowo, Clement A ^a,o  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

^c AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^f Federal Medical Center FMC   (Nigeria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^h NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^k LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^l OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA   (Nigeria)

ⁿ Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH)   (Nigeria)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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Author keywords

Hospital based cancer registries (HBCR); Low and middle income countries (LMIC); Population based cancer registries (PBCR)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL BASED CANCER REGISTRY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NIGERIA; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NIGERIA; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84865862955     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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