The cancer burden in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has been well described in the literature (International Agency for Research on Cancer, 2012; Ott, Ullrich, Mascarenhas, & Stevens, 2011; Thun, DeLancey, Center, Jemal, & Ward, 2010). According to the World Health Organization ([WHO], 2015), about 14 million new cancer cases occurred in 2012, and more than 60% of those cases were in Africa, Asia, and Central and South America; of the 8.2 million cancer-related deaths in 2012, more than 70% occurred in these regions (Bray & Møller, 2006). .
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