A Comprehensive Public Health Conceptual Framework and Strategy to Effectively Combat Cholangiocarcinoma in Thailand

Narong Khuntikeo; Watcharin Loilome; Bandit Thinkhamrop; Nittaya Chamadol; Puangrat Yongvanit

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004293

A Comprehensive Public Health Conceptual Framework and Strategy to Effectively Combat Cholangiocarcinoma in Thailand

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Jan 21;10(1):e0004293. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004293. eCollection 2016 Jan.

Authors

Narong Khuntikeo^{1

2

3}, Watcharin Loilome^{2

3

4}, Bandit Thinkhamrop^{2

5}, Nittaya Chamadol^{2

3

6}, Puangrat Yongvanit^{2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
² Cholangiocarcinoma Screening and Care Program (CASCAP), Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
³ Liver Fluke and Cholangiocarcinoma Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
⁴ Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
⁶ Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Bile Duct Neoplasms / epidemiology
Bile Duct Neoplasms / parasitology
Bile Duct Neoplasms / prevention & control*
Cholangiocarcinoma / epidemiology
Cholangiocarcinoma / parasitology
Cholangiocarcinoma / prevention & control*
Clonorchiasis / epidemiology
Clonorchiasis / parasitology
Clonorchiasis / prevention & control*
Opisthorchis / classification
Opisthorchis / genetics
Opisthorchis / isolation & purification
Public Health
Thailand / epidemiology

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Khon Kaen University through the CASCAP Project, The National Research Council of Thailand through the Medical Research Network of the Consortium of Thai Medical Schools and the Higher Education Research Promotion and National Research University Project of Thailand, Office of the Higher Education Commission, through the Health Cluster (SHeP-GMS). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.