Cancer care in Jordan

Hematology/ Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 64-70

  Abdel Razeq, Hikmat ^a   Attiga, Fadwa ^a   Mansour, Asem ^a  

^a KING HUSSEIN CANCER CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Jordan; Middle East

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STATISTICS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; JORDAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CANCER CENTER; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; HUMANS; JORDAN; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84931565017     PISSN: 16583876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hemonc.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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