Rare Cancers China Programs starting up
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International Rare Cancers Initiative (IRCI)
There is no internationally agreed definition of a rare cancer. In Europe, rare diseases are often defined as those with a prevalence of <50/100,000 [1]. In the US, the Orphan Drug Designation Program defines rare diseases as those affecting <200,000 people in the total US population, equivalent to a prevalence of 64/100,000 [1]. The problem with both these definitions is that they are based on...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Oncology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0923-7534
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz305.002