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.

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

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TextPublication details: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, 2006.Description: xiii, 325 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:

9780309103848 (pbk.)
0309103843 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

362.196/9940091724 22

LOC classification:

RA645 .C3I55 2006

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Table of contents only

Contents:

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.

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General circulation books

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
General circulation books	Presbyterian University of East Africa - Main Library General Stacks	Non-fiction	RA645 .C3I55 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	2022-0534

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