Challenges and Future Trends for Cancer Care in Egypt
The Land and Geography: Egypt is located in the northeastern corner of Africa. Rectangular in shape, it covers an area of 386,000 mile2. To the West lie the Western Desert…
Romania, Attempting to Catch up the European Standards of Care for Cancer Patients
Fig. 23.1 Cancer mortality profile (Source: World Health Organization—cancer country profiles; Romania, 2014) Fig. 23.2 Age-standardized cancer mortality trends (Source: World Health Organization—cancer country profiles; Romania, 2014) Among all types…
Challenges and Prospects in Cancer Care in Georgia
Fig. 22.1 Cancer incidence by localization and sex in Georgia (2012) Unfortunately, about half of newly revealed cancer cases are diagnosed at stage III–IV. The big number of the cases…
Application of Genetic Testing for Childhood Cancers in Emerging Countries
Fig. 29.1 A time line of discovery and clinical implementation of genomics to advance treatment of childhood ALL. ALL acute lymphoblastic leukemia, SNP single-nucleotide polymorphism, TPMT thiopurine methyltransferase Integration of…
Kazakhstan
Fig. 18.1 Kazakhstan on the world map Kazakhstan was the last of the Soviet republics to declare independence following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991; the current President,…
Cancer Care in Lebanon, New Trends and Challenges
Fig. 10.1 Map of Lebanon It is estimated that just less than 10 % of the population is above the age of 65 years and 1.5 % above the age…
Cancer Care in Countries in Transition: The Islamic Republic of Iran
Cancer type N % Skin 9114 12.3 Breast 7822 10.6 Stomach 6886 9.3 Colon and anal canal 6210 8.4 Bladder 4601 6.2 Prostate 3856 5.2 Leukemia 3461 4.7 Esophagus 3297…
Promoting Cancer Nursing Education, Training, and Research in Countries in Transition
Fig. 31.1 Number of nursing personnel by WHO region. Source: The 2013 update, Global Health Workforce Statistics, World Health Organization, Geneva (http://www.who.int/hrh/statistics/hwfstats/). Note: AMRO figures include 3.25 million nursing personnel…
The Current State of Cancer Care in North America
Information Facts Comment Number of patients with an accurate awareness of their prognosis 16.5 %; 18.5 % IF the most-important doctor discussed prognosis [47] Patients with metastatic colon or lung…
Cancer Care in Regions/Societies in Transition in the Gulf States: Sultanate of Oman
Male Female Topography Frequency Percentage Topography Frequency Percentage Leukemia 58 9.8 Breast 147 24.8 Prostate 57 9.6 Thyroid 67 11.3 Colorectal 53 8.9 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 37 6.2 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 51…
