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Annals of Surgical Oncology
Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology 3/2015

01-03-2015 | Healthcare Policy and Outcomes

Global Surgical Oncology: Addressing the Global Surgical Oncology Disease Burden

Authors: T. Peter Kingham, MD, Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Issue 3/2015

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Cancer care is quickly becoming a key component of global public health efforts. At the same time, the cancer incidence rate in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) continues to increase dramatically. Only 15 % of cancers reported in 1970 were in LMIC, but 70 % is the proportion predicted by 2030.1 Global organizations, including the United Nations, the World Health Organization, and their International Agency for Research on Cancer, the U.S. National Cancer Institute Center for Global Health, and the Lancet Global Surgery Commission, have recognized the increasing severity of this problem. Approximately two-thirds of worldwide cancer deaths now occur in LMIC.2 …
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Metadata
Title
Global Surgical Oncology: Addressing the Global Surgical Oncology Disease Burden
Authors
T. Peter Kingham, MD
Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS
Publication date
01-03-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue 3/2015
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-014-4347-5

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