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This open access book provides a valuable resource for hospitals, institutions, and health authorities worldwide in their plans to set up and develop comprehensive cancer care centers. The development and implementation of a comprehensive cancer program allows for a systematic approach to evidence-based strategies of prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, and palliation. Comprehensive cancer programs also provide a nexus for the running of clinical trials and implementation of novel cancer therapies with the overall aim of optimizing comprehensive and holistic care of cancer patients and providing them with the best opportunity to improve quality of life and overall survival. This book's self-contained chapter format aims to reinforce the critical importance of comprehensive cancer care centers while providing a practical guide for the essential components needed to achieve them, such as operational considerations, guidelines for best clinical inpatient and outpatient care, and research and quality management structures. Intended to be wide-ranging and applicable at a global level for both high and low income countries, this book is also instructive for regions with limited resources.  The Comprehensive Cancer Center: Development, Integration, and Implementation is an essential resource for oncology physicians including hematologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgical oncologists, and oncology nurses as well as hospitals, health departments, university authorities, governments and legislators.

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Mahmoud Aljurf Deputy Director, Oncology Center King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Navneet S. Majhail Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Director, Blood & Marrow Transplant Program Vice Chair, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio USA Mickey B C Koh Head-Haematology Honorary Senior Lecturer, Infection and Immunity Clinical Academic Group St George’s Univeristy Hospitals London UK Programme and Medical Director Cell Therapy Programme, Blood Services Group Health Sciences Authority Singapore Mohamed A. Kharfan-Dabaja Professor of Medicine, Vice-Chair, Hematology, Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Programs, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL USA Nelson Chao Hematologic Malig. and Cellular Therapy Duke University 2400 Pratt St., Durham, NC 27710 USA

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