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Cancer in the Tropics

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Tropical Pathology

Part of the book series: Spezielle pathologische Anatomie ((SPEZIELLE,volume 8))

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As an introduction, and to give perspective to the subject, it has been stated that Cancer will “overwhelm” the Third World in the near future … Among cancer patients 90% are incurable by the time the diagnosis is made (Maurice 1991).

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