Brazilian medical oncologists: current and future perspectives for 2020
Objective: In the USA there will be a shortage of medical oncologists by 2020. In Europe, a recent study showed that almost all analyzed countries will reach the estimated need. However, no data on this subject is available for Brazil, a developing country with a high cancer incidence. Th...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Oncology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0044-1792179 |
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| Summary: | Objective: In the USA there will be a shortage of medical oncologists by 2020. In Europe, a recent study showed that almost all analyzed countries will reach the estimated need. However, no data on this subject is available for Brazil, a developing country with a high cancer incidence. The aim of this study was to predict the Brazilian scenario for 2020. The number of practicing medical oncologists was obtained through Federal Council of Medicine in August 2014. |
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| ISSN: | 2526-8732 |