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- A description of the clinical features of cancer in resource-poor settings with dramatic illustrations based on author's own observations
- Emphasis of the interactions between chronic infections, including retroviruses (HIV/AIDS, HTLV-I) and the cancer burden of the low and middle-income world
- A chapter describes the unique features of childhood hematological cancers in Africa, and the role of lifestyle and environmental factors in pathogenesis of various cancers, including breast cancer
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Future Perspectives
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Book Title: Cancer and AIDS
Book Subtitle: Part IV: Future Perspectives
Authors: Christopher Kwesi O. Williams
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99238-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-99237-2Published: 12 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-99238-9Published: 30 October 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 45
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Epidemiology, Environmental Health, Economic Geography, Cancer Research