Cancer

Summary and recommendations -- The changing global burden of cancer : transitions in human development and implications for cancer prevention and control -- Breast cancer -- Cervical cancer -- Oral cancer : prevention, early detection, and treatment -- Colorectal cancer -- Treating childhood cancer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gelband, Hellen ([HerausgeberIn])
Corporate Author: World Bankissuing body
Other Authors: Jha, Prabhat ([HerausgeberIn]), Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswamy ([HerausgeberIn]), Horton, Susan ([HerausgeberIn])
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C The World Bank 2016
Series:Disease control priorities
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Collection: World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Summary and recommendations -- The changing global burden of cancer : transitions in human development and implications for cancer prevention and control -- Breast cancer -- Cervical cancer -- Oral cancer : prevention, early detection, and treatment -- Colorectal cancer -- Treating childhood cancer in low- and middle-income countries -- Liver cancer -- Cancer pain relief -- Global hazards of tobacco and the benefits of smoking cessation and tobacco taxes -- Cancer services and the comprehensive cancer center -- Screening for cancer : considerations for low- and middle-income countries -- Surgical services for cancer care -- Radiation therapy for cancer -- Need for national commitments to cancer research to guide public health investment and practice -- Cancer in low- and middle-income countries : an economic overview -- Financing cancer care in low-resource settings -- An extended cost-effectiveness analysis of publicly financed HPV vaccination to prevent cervical cancer in China.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:p cm
ISBN:9781464803499
9781464803505