A fresh look at oncology facts on south central Asia and SAARC countries

South Asian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-4

  Noronha, Vanita ^a   Tsomo, Ugyen ^a   Jamshed, Arif ^b   Hai, M A ^c   Wattegama, Sarath ^d   Baral, R P ^e   Piya, Madan ^f   Prabhash, Kumar ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Shaukat Khanum Cancer and Research Hospital   (Pakistan)

^c Bangladesh Cancer Hospital and Welfare Home   (Bangladesh)

^d Department of Clinical Oncology   (Sri Lanka)

^e B and B Hospital   (Nepal)

^f National Cancer Hospital   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AFGHANISTAN; ASIA; BANGLADESH; BHUTAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG CANCER; MALDIVES; MOUTH CANCER; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SRI LANKA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 84871625574     PISSN: 2278330X     EISSN: 22784306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2278-330X.96489     Document Type: Review

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