Model for Early Detection of Breast Cancer in Low-Resource Areas: The Experience in Peru | Zendy

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Model for Early Detection of Breast Cancer in Low-Resource Areas: The Experience in Peru

Author(s) -

Carolyn Bain,

Tara Hayes Constant,

Inés Contreras,

Ana María Burga Vega,

José Jerónimo,

Vivien Tsu

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of global oncology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.002

H-Index - 17

ISSN - 2378-9506

DOI - 10.1200/jgo.17.00006

Subject(s) - medicine , mammography , breast cancer , outreach , health care , breast cancer awareness , triage , population , breast cancer screening , public health , family medicine , nursing , cancer , environmental health , medical emergency , economic growth , economics

Late-stage breast cancer detection should be something of the past; however, it is still all too common in low-resource areas, including Peru, where 57% of women diagnosed with cancer are diagnosed at stage III or IV disease. Early detection of breast cancer is feasible in low-resource semirural and rural areas where mammography is rarely accessible.

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