Fig. 6.1 Distribution of the Palestinian Population by governorates, Palestine, 2013. Source: Data from Ministry of Health Report, Palestine, 2013 Cancer in the West Bank and Gaza is considered to…

Fig. 8.1 Map of Jordan (CIA World Factbook) The climate of the country is mostly moderate to dry desert; temperature on average ranges from 4 to 31 °C. Natural resources…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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 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…

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…