Tackling cancer control in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages e246-e257

  Al Othman, Saleh ^a   Haoudi, Abdelali ^b,c   Alhomoud, Samar ^a   Alkhenizan, Abdullah ^a   Khoja, Tawfik ^d   Al Zahrani, Ali ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Health Minister's Council for Cooperation Council States   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADVANCED CANCER; AIR POLLUTION; BAHRAIN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLORECTAL CANCER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD INTAKE; GULF CENTER FOR CANCER REGISTRATION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LEUKEMIA; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MASS SCREENING; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QATAR; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARDIZATION; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TOBACCO USE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UNSAFE SEX; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY;

BAHRAIN; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; NEOPLASMS; OMAN; PREVALENCE; QATAR; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84933507541     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)70034-3     Document Type: Review

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