Cancer /

Cancer / editors, Hellen Gelband, Prabhat Jha, Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, Susan Horton. - xvii, 341 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm. - Disease control priorities ; volume 3 . - Disease control priorities ; v. 3 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9781464803499 (softcover) 1464803498 (softcover) 9781464803505 (hardcover) 1464803501 (hardcover)

2015019371


Neoplasms--economics.
Neoplasms--prevention & control.
Cost of Illness.
Developing Countries.
Health Services Research--economics.

RC262 / .C2665 2015

362.19699/400681

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