Roles of cancer registries in enhancing oncology drug access in the asia-pacific region

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2159-2165

  Soon, Swee Sung ^a   Lim, Hwee Yong ^b   Lopes, Gilberto ^c   Ahn, Jeonghoon ^d   Hu, Min ^e   Ibrahim, Hishamshah Mohd ^f   Jha, Anand ^g   Ko, Bor Sheng ^h   Lee, Pak Wai ^g   MacDonell, Diana ^g   Sirachainan, Ekaphop ⁱ   Wee, Hwee Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d National Evidence based healthcare   (South Korea)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^g Novartis Oncology ^*

^h NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

ⁱ MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Asia; Cancer; Drug access; Oncology; Pacific region; Registry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880281642     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.4.2159     Document Type: Short Survey

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