ReviewLancet regional health. Americas2025
Main challenges to cancer care in Latin America: an analysis through breast cancer lenses.
Review in Lancet regional health. Americas, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Determinants of stage at breast cancer diagnosis across different healthcare systems: an international multicentre cohort study.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026Article
- Senescent obesity signature in breast cancer: a paradigm of reverse cardio-oncology.European heart journal · 2026Review
- Steatotic liver disease in Latin America: current views and perspectives.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2026Review
- Barriers to Accessing Post-Mastectomy Breast Reconstruction in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Systematic Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Review
- Treatment patterns and safety of adjuvant therapy after chemoimmunotherapy for early-stage triple-negative breast cancer: real-world data from the Neo-Real/GBECAM 0123 study.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2026Article
- Regional Inequities in Mammography Access and Utilization in Latin America: Ethnic, Rural, and Structural Barriers Identified Through a Narrative Review.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Applying biotechnology to overcome cancer drug resistance and improve public health outcomes.Osong public health and research perspectives · 2026Article
- Advances in genomic and pharmacokinetic profiling for clinical stratification of metastatic breast cancer.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- Factors associated with accepting chemotherapy despite the risk of fertility loss in Latin American breast cancer patients-LACOG 0414 study.Therapeutic advances in medical oncology · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The manuscript underscores the intricate challenges in breast cancer (BC) care across Latin America, characterized by economic, social, and healthcare system disparities. Limited high-quality cancer registries hinder research and policy development, exacerbating uneven access to medical care and BC mortality disparities. The healthcare systems' fragmentation results in delays in critical interventions, affecting a significant proportion of young women diagnosed at advanced stages. The scarcity of comprehensive healthcare data and the absence of coordinated efforts intensify these challenges. The manuscript advocates for collaborative initiatives, supporting local research groups and fostering communication among countries to address BC care disparities. It emphasizes the vital role of national care plans and universal healthcare systems, aligning with global objectives to reduce BC mortality and enhance healthcare access for all women in Latin America, irrespective of socioeconomic status.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.