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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. - Washington, DC : National Academies Press, 2007. - 325 p. : ill.

Causes of and risk factors for cancer 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. HKBU library

YT2025 M10

ISBN: 9780309103848 0309103843

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cancer--Prevention.--Developing countries
Cancer--Economic aspects--Developing countries.
Cancer--Prevention--International cooperation.
Neoplasms--prevention & control.
Developing Countries.
Health Care Rationing.
International Cooperation.
Neoplasms--economics.

LC Class. No.: RA645 / I61 C 2007