Public health oncology: A framework for progress in low- and middle-income countries

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3040-3045

  Love, R R ^a   Ginsburg, O M ^b   Coleman, C N ^c  

^a International Breast Cancer Research Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer in low income countries; Public health oncology

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER THERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LIVER CANCER; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; LUNG CANCER; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; ONCOLOGY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH CANCER; TECHNOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84869806930     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mds473     Document Type: Article

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