Clinical Oncology in Sri Lanka: Embracing the Promise of the Future

Known as “the pearl of the Indian Ocean,” Sri Lanka is an island-nation in South Asia with a population of 21 million people. Its ancient irrigation-based agricultural civilization dating back to the sixth century BC flourished until the early 16th century, when successive occupation by the Portuguese, Dutch, and British resulted in its transition to a tropical colony with a plantation economy based on crops of tea, rubber, coconut, and...