Cancer Care in Countries and Societies in Transition Individualized
This is a rare compilation of clinically focused chapters on the practice of oncology in more than 25 countries and areas around the world that experience ongoing or intensifying ethnic, religious, and nationalistic conflict. Each chapter is written by an
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Cancer Care in Countries and Societies in Transition
Michael Silbermann Editor
Cancer Care in Countries and Societies in Transition Individualized Care in Focus
Editor Michael Silbermann Technion – Israel Institute of Technology & Middle East Cancer Consortium Haifa, Israel
ISBN 978-3-319-22911-9 ISBN 978-3-319-22912-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-22912-6
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This book is dedicated to Prof. Dr. A. Murat Tuncer, Rector of Hacettepe University and former Chairman of the Department of Cancer Control in the Ministry of Health, Ankara, Turkey, for his immense support, encouragement, and advice that enabled scientific and clinical collaborations in the Middle East.
Foreword
The English Renaissance poet John Donne wrote, “No man is an island, entire unto itself.” One could further extrapolate that when it comes to confronting the scourge of cancer, no nation is an island unto itself. Cancer knows no borders—geopolitical, racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic. With this interconnectivity in mind, in 1996 an ambitious and innovative model for constructive collaboration was born that would reach beyond national borders to provide health and hope for thousands of cancer victims in the Middle East. Almost two decades after its launch, in which I played a part, the Middle East Cancer Consortium (MECC) has helped to build bridges of understanding and teamwork between healers and scientists working together to one day defeat one of our greatest common enemies—cancer. The treatment of cancer is often erroneously, in my opinion, referred to as a “battle” fought by cancer patients, their families, and an army of healthcare professionals and researcher
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