Delay in diagnosis of cancer in Iraq: Implications for survival and health outcomes at Children’s Welfare Teaching Hospital in Baghdad
# Background Decades of political and economic instability have taken a significant toll on health outcomes among children in Iraq. In a health system with optimal resources, five-year rates of survival for childhood cancer would exceed 80%; however, a study in Iraq demonstrated a much lower surviv...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Inishmore Laser Scientific Publishing Ltd
2021-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of Global Health Reports |
| Online Access: | https://joghr.scholasticahq.com/article/25476-delay-in-diagnosis-of-cancer-in-iraq-implications-for-survival-and-health-outcomes-at-children-s-welfare-teaching-hospital-in-baghdad.pdf |