The Looming Threat: Cancer in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Recent trends in cancer epidemiology in low‐ and middle‐income countries show the need for urgent action. This article focuses on sub‐Saharan Africa, where populations are showing an increased risk for diseases associated with the Western lifestyle, including cancer.

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Autores principales: Neugut, Alfred I., El‐Sadr, Wafaa M., Ruff, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8649061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34473874
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/onco.13963
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spelling pubmed-86490612021-12-20 The Looming Threat: Cancer in Sub‐Saharan Africa Neugut, Alfred I. El‐Sadr, Wafaa M. Ruff, Paul Oncologist Commentaries Recent trends in cancer epidemiology in low‐ and middle‐income countries show the need for urgent action. This article focuses on sub‐Saharan Africa, where populations are showing an increased risk for diseases associated with the Western lifestyle, including cancer. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2021-09-29 2021-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8649061/ /pubmed/34473874 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/onco.13963 Text en © 2021 The Authors. The Oncologist published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of AlphaMed Press. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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