Medical Care in Countries in Transition -- How to Prioritize Cancer Care for Countries in Transition -- Cancer Trends and Risk Factors in Morocco -- The Magic of Dreams: Conflicts and Quandaries Within Multicultural Societies in Transition -- Modeling Integrative Oncology for the Arab Population in Northern Israel -- Cancer Care in Palestine -- Influx of Foreign Refugees to Jordan and its Overall Burden on Cancer Care -- Caring For Children With Cancer In A Country Conflicted With Massive Refugee Migration: Jordan as an Example -- Challenges and Future Trends for Cancer Care in Egypt -- Cancer Care in Lebanon, New Trends and Challenges -- Cancer Care in an economically torn country: Cyprus -- Cancer Care in a Country Undergoing Transition: Turkey. Current Challenges and Trends for the Future -- Cancer Care in Sudan: Current Situation and Challenges -- Cancer care in Countries in Transition in Africa; the case of Uganda -- Cancer Care in Pakistan -- Cancer Care in India -- Cancer Care in Afghanistan -- Kazakhstan -- An overview of cancer care in societies in transition- Global perspectives: UAE Experience -- Cancer care in countries in transition: The Islamic Republic of Iran -- Cancer Care in Regions/Societies in Transition in the Gulf States: Sultanate of Oman -- Challenges and prospects in cancer care in Georgia -- Romania: Attempting to Catch up the European standards of care for cancer patients -- Recent challenges and achievements in cancer care in Latin American societies -- Caring for Refugees with Cancer: A Case for Training of US Oncology Professionals -- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Experience caring for patients from countries undergoing political-social conflict -- Forty Years Fast Forward: Vietnamese Refugees in the United States with Comments on their Cancer Care -- The current state of cancer care in North America -- Application of genetic testing for childhood cancers in emerging countries -- Cancer Care among Immigrants to North America -- Promoting Cancer Nursing Education, Training and Research in Countries in Transition.

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 internationally respected local physician or nurse. Topics include the relationship between local culture and the local practice of mainstream modern medicine, critical clinical issues faced by local physicians, and options for when and how to incorporate palliative care. The book ends with chapters on the United States current initiatives on promoting cancer care training in these regions, and another on clinical concepts for Western clinicians undertaking oncology practice in emerging countries. The audience includes oncologists around the world: those practicing medicine in similarly extreme circumstances; Western oncologists organizing or preparing for medical missions; and Western oncologists who wish to learn from the experiences of oncologists who practice under radically different conditions.