ReviewThe Indian journal of medical research2021
Screening for breast cancer: Cost-effective solutions for low- & middle-income countries.
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- Identification of the implementation influencing factors of the organized breast cancer screening in Ordos city: from caregivers' perspectives.BMC health services research · 2025Article
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- Global comparison of breast cancer burden between women aged 20-54 and ≥55 years (1990-2021).Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Addressing Global Gaps in Mammography Screening for Improved Breast Cancer Detection: A Review of the Literature.Cureus · 2024Review
- Global burden and attributable risk factors of breast cancer in young women: historical trends from 1990 to 2019 and forecasts to 2030 by sociodemographic index regions and countries.Journal of global health · 2024Article
- Prioritizing Mammography Screening in Developing Countries: Are We Putting the Cart Before the Horse?Annals of surgical oncology · 2024Article
- Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Breast Cancer Screening among Women in Serbia, National Health Survey.Iranian journal of public health · 2024Article
- Factors Influencing Breast Cancer Awareness in Rural Southwest China: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of women's health · 2024Article
- Impact of financial literacy and education on breast and cervical cancer screening participation in Japan.PloS one · 2024Article
- Breast cancer screening and its associating factors among hungarian women aged 45-65: a cross-sectional study based on the European health interview surveys from 2009 to 2019.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Implementation research: including breast examinations in a cervical cancer screening programme, Rwanda.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2023Observational
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Abstract
Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have limited financial resources and proportionately smaller portions allocated for health budget. With competing health priorities, treatment of the diagnosed cases and establishment of treatment facilities are the main concerns in LMICs. Infectious diseases, reducing infant, child and maternal mortality may seem crucial as compared to early cancer detection. LMICs that are committed to providing comprehensive cancer care, will need to judiciously choose the screening tool depending on specifics of how the tool is expected to perform in the population and the cost-effectiveness with respect to the number of lives expected to be saved. Increasing awareness about breast health in general and common cancers and non communicable diseases (NCDs), in particular, may lead to symptomatic women approaching the healthcare facilities at an earlier stage. When the limited available resources are mobilized towards cancer screening, increasing awareness would lead to greater acceptability of the programme. The reach of the programme to achieve good population coverage, the establishment of the diagnostic referral linkages and the availability and accessibility of treatment facilities, will all decide the outcome of the screening programme.
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