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Hematological malignancies in East Africa—Which cancers to expect and how to provide services
BACKGROUND: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has an increasing non-communicable disease burden. Tanzania has an incidence of more than 35,000 cancer cases per year with an 80% mortality rate. Hematological malignancies account for 10% of these cases. The numbers will double within the next 10 years due to d...
Autores principales: | Leak, Steven Alan, Mmbaga, Lilian Gasper, Mkwizu, Elifuraha Wilson, Mapendo, Priscus John, Henke, Oliver |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7202623/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32374771 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232848 |
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