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Author Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Cancer Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

Title Cancer control opportunities in low- and middle-income countries / Committee on Cancer Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Board on Global Health ; Frank A. Sloan and Hellen Gelband, editors
Published Washington, DC : National Academies Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 325 pages)
Contents Cancer causes and risk factors and the elements of cancer control -- The cancer burden in low- and middle-income countries and how it is measured -- Defining resource-level-appropriate cancer control -- Preventing cancers (and other diseases) by reducing tobacco use -- Compelling opportunities in global cancer control -- Palliative care -- Cancer centers in low- and middle-income countries -- Advocacy for cancer control -- Expanding the role of the global community in cancer control
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Cancer -- Developing countries -- Prevention
Cancer -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries
Cancer -- Prevention -- International cooperation.
International cooperation.
Neoplasms -- prevention & control
Neoplasms -- economics
Developing Countries
Health Care Rationing
International Cooperation
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
International cooperation
Cancer -- Economic aspects
Cancer -- Prevention
Cancer -- Prevention -- International cooperation
Developing countries
Form Electronic book
Author Sloan, Frank A.
Gelband, Hellen.
ISBN 9780309667081
0309667089