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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