ArticleBreast cancer : basic and clinical research2008
Cost-effective screening for breast cancer worldwide: current state and future directions.
Article in Breast cancer : basic and clinical research, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Evaluation of the Bexa Breast Examination (BBE) as an Effective Solution to Breast Cancer Early Detection
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Economic analyses of breast cancer control in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
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- Mammography screening in less developed countries.SpringerPlus · 2015Review
- Magnetic resonance in the detection of breast cancers of different histological types.Magnetic resonance insights · 2013Review
- Mechanical Imaging - a Technology for 3-D Visualization and Characterization of Soft Tissue Abnormalities. A Review.Current medical imaging reviews · 2012Article
- Harmonic Motion Imaging (HMI) for Tumor Imaging and Treatment Monitoring.Current medical imaging reviews · 2012Article
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Abstract
Affordability of healthcare is highly limited by its skyrocketing cost. Access to screening and diagnostic medical equipment and medicine in developing countries is inadequate for the majority of the population. There is a tremendous worldwide need to detect breast cancer at its earliest stage. These needs must be balanced by the ability of countries to provide breast cancer screening technology to their populations. We reviewed the diagnostic accuracy, procedure cost and cost-effectiveness of currently available technique for breast screening and diagnosis including clinical breast examination, mammography, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, biopsy and a new modality for cancer diagnostics termed elasticity imaging that has emerged in the last decade. Clinical results demonstrate that elasticity imaging even in its simplest and least sophisticated versions, like tactile imaging, has significant diagnostic potential comparable and exceeding that of conventional imaging techniques. In view of many countries with limited resources, effective yet less expensive modes of screening must be considered worldwide. The tactile imaging is one method that has the potential to provide cost-effective breast cancer screening and diagnostics.
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