World Cancer Report 2008

by International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, P. Boyle, et al.

It is estimated that there will be over 12 million people diagnosed with cancer this year. Hardly any family has not been touched by cancer, and when cancer hits it can hit hard. The burden on society caused by cancer is immense, not only in terms of the human suffering of patients and their relatives and friends, but the cost of cancer in economic terms. The strain cancer produces on health professionals and health systems is substantial and growing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9283204239
• ISBN13: 9789283204237
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: World Health Organization
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.3" x 9.4"