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CANCER CONTROL OPPORTUNITIES IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES

CANCER CONTROL OPPORTUNITIES IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES

by Frank A. Sloan and Hellen Gelband and the Board on Global Health has been published THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS Washington, D.C.
It provides a remarkable reveiw on this topics as well as a detailed of the situation in Malaysia and Tanzania.

The list of the chapters is copied bellow :

 Front Matter -
 Summary -
 1 Introduction
 2 Cancer Causes and Risk Factors and the Elements of Cancer Control
 3 The Cancer Burden in Low- and Middle-Income Countries and How It Is Measured
 4 Defining Resource-Level-Appropriate Cancer Control
 5 Preventing Cancers (and Other Diseases) by Reducing Tobacco Use
 6 Compelling Opportunities in Global Cancer Control
 7 Palliative Care
 8 Cancer Centers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
 9 Advocacy for Cancer Control
 10 Expanding the Role of the Global Community in Cancer Control
 Appendix A Cancer Control in Malaysia and Tanzania
 Appendix B Acronyms and Abbreviations

the full text is availalbe on the National Academies press here