Cancer Care Burden: Aiming at the Achilles Heel
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Cancer care burden: aiming at the Achilles heel.
Cancer is the one of the major causes of death worldwide. More than 16 million new cancer cases are expected by 2020, and it is estimated that cancer will then be the cause of more than 10 million deaths per year1. Cancer has become the leading cause of death in Canada. According to the Canadian Cancer Society, 40% of men and 45% of women are expected to develop cancer during their lifetime2. W...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Oncology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1718-7729
DOI: 10.3747/co.22.2252