Open AccessDisparities in Breast, Lung, and Cervical Cancer Trials Worldwide
Author(s) -
Ramya Ramaswami,
Eduardo Paulino,
Adriana Barrichello,
Angélica Nogueira-Rodrigues,
Anna Bukowski,
Jessica St. Louis,
Paul E. Goss
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.17.00226
Subject(s) - medicine , clinical trial , breast cancer , cervical cancer , lung cancer , cancer , oncology , incidence (geometry) , physics , optics
As cancer burden has risen worldwide, physicians, patients, and their advocates have become aware that the clinical cancer trial research paradigm is not ubiquitous. Furthermore, the number and characteristics of trials that are registered in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) compared with that in high-income countries (HICs) are unknown.