Cancer burden and control in the western pacific region: Challenges and opportunities

Annals of Global Health

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 358-369

  Varghese, Cherian ^a   Carlos, Marie Clem ^a   Shin, Hai Rim ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cancer prevention and control; low and middle income countries; Pacific Island countries and areas; World Health Organization Western Pacific Region

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; MORPHINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMERICAN SAMOA; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHINA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COOK ISLANDS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FIJI; GUAM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER CANCER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUNG CANCER; MALAYSIA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; MONGOLIA; NEW ZEALAND; NIUE; NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS; OCCULT BLOOD; PALAU; PHILIPPINES; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; STOMACH CANCER; TONGA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VANUATU; VIET NAM; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; REGISTER; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; AUSTRALASIA; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; REGISTRIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84927610172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22149996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aogh.2014.09.015     Document Type: Review

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