Cancer in adolescents and young adults in countries with limited resources

Current Oncology Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 332-346

  Magrath, Ian ^a   Epelman, Sidnei ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b HOSPITAL SANTA MARCELINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

adolescents; cancer; countries with limited resources; young adult

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARCINOGEN;

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFERTILITY; JAPAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MELANOMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOTHERAPY UNIT; RETINOBLASTOMA; RISK FACTOR; SARCOMA; SECOND CANCER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTIS CANCER; THERAPY DELAY; THYROID CANCER; TOBACCO; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; TUMOR VOLUME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880814292     PISSN: 15233790     EISSN: 15346269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11912-013-0327-3     Document Type: Article

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