Description |
xxiv, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Responding to the challenge of cancer in Europe -- Burden of cancer in Europe -- Causes of cancer and policies for prevention -- Cancer screening -- Drugs for cancer -- Organizing a comprehensive framework for cancer control -- Changes in the management of cancer : the example of colorectal cancer -- Survival of European cancer patients -- Information on cancer -- Cancer patients : partners for change -- Role of psychosocial oncology in cancer care -- Dying with cancer, living well with advanced cancer -- Closing the gap : cancer in central and eastern Europe -- Cancer control in Slovenia : achievements, shortcomings and opportunities -- Researching cancer -- Making progress against cancer |
Notes |
"The book has been produced as a collaborative effort between internationally recognized public health institutes in the European Union ... with additional support from the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies"--Back cover |
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This volume is a review of the current status of cancer control in the European Union with an aim to summarize the evidence to underpin policy for the prevention, management and palliation of cancer in Europe |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Subject |
Cancer -- Europe -- Epidemiology.
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Cancer -- Europe.
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Author |
Coleman, Michel P.
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Slovenia. Institute of Public Health
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European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
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ISBN |
9616659200 |
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9789616659208 (paperback) |
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