Tackling cancer burden in the Middle East: Qatar as an example

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Brown, Robert ^a   Kerr, Karen ^b   Haoudi, Abdelali ^c   Darzi, Ara ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QATAR FOUNDATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BAHRAIN; CANCER BURDEN; CANCER CARE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IRAN; IRAQ; KUWAIT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE EAST; NEOPLASM; OMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QATAR; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ARABS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QATAR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84868200534     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70461-8     Document Type: Review

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