April 1999, Volume 1, Issue 1, Pages 25 - 27

Paper

Cancer in Tanzania: A case in favour of the establishment of a national cancer control programme TA Ngoma & KKY Maunda Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI), PO Box 3592, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania     Correspondence to: Dr TwalibA Ngoma , Consultant Clinical Oncologist and Executive Director of ORCI; and Dr Khamza K Y Maunda, Consultant Clinical Oncologist and Head of Clinical Oncology, Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI), PO Box 3592, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Keywords

cancer ;   radiotherapy;   chemotherapy;   curative treatment;   palliative treatment

Abstract

A general overview of cancer in Tanzania is described and a case for establishment of a National Cancer Control Programme in Tanzania is presented.

Received 17 December 1998; Accepted 22 December 1998

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