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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2003 95(22):1651-1653; doi:10.1093/jnci/95.22.1651
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Cancer in the Developing World: How Should Care Be Delivered and Research Conducted?

Stacye Bruckbauer, Christine Theisen

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Second of a two-part series.

The development of specific types of cancer within individuals and populations is in large measure a reflection of lifestyle factors and exposures to carcinogens and infectious agents. These factors differ between regions—for example, infectious diseases cause far more cancers in developing countries than in developed countries—and change over time.

"The tobacco epidemic started in Western countries and is now spreading worldwide, particularly to Asia," noted Paul Kleihues, M.D., director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France. "The Western lifestyle, which is responsible for several major tumor types, including breast, prostate, colon, and endometrium cancer, is also increasingly acquired by developing countries. While the overall mortality from cancer is now declining in North America and some European countries, a steep increase can be predicted for many other regions."

As the picture of cancer incidence on the world map changes, and with . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Prevention and Screening

‘Global Laboratory’

Training New Researchers


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