Cancer in Botswana: Resources and opportunities

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Suneja, Gita ^a   Ramogola Masire, Doreen ^b   Medhin, Heluf G ^c   Dryden Peterson, Scott ^d,e   Bekelman, Justin E ^a,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^c Department of HIV AIDS Prevention and Care   (Botswana)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BOTSWANA HARVARD AIDS INSTITUTE PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTSWANA; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LETTER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BOTSWANA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES;

EID: 84879722049     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70283-3     Document Type: Letter

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