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This editorial discusses the importance of using global burden of cancer assessments to provide an actionable framework for policy makers to improve cancer care, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, where health resources are limited and competing health demands are great.
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- 2015
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- letter
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 425-425
- Citations
- 14
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Benjamin O. Anderson,
John Flanigan
(2015).
Novel Methods for Measuring Global Cancer Burden.
JAMA Oncology
, 1
(4)
, 425-425.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.1426
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- DOI
- 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.1426