Cancer care in resource-limited settings: A call for action

Journal of Cancer Science and Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 223-226

  Eguzo, Kelechi ^a   Camazine, Brian ^a  

^a Nigerian Christian Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Chemotherapy; Resource limited setting

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NIGERIA;

EID: 84867081573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4172/1948-5956.1000145     Document Type: Article

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