Overview of breast health care guidelines for countries with limited resources

Breast Journal

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Anderson, Benjamin O ^a,g   Braun, Susan ^b   Carlson, Robert W ^c   Gralow, Julie R ^a   Lagios, Micheal D ^d   Lehman, Constance ^a   Schwartsmann, Gilberto ^e   Vargas, Hernan I ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Found   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ST MARY S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^f HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Developing countries; Diagnosis; Early detection; Education; Public health; Resource allocation; Screening; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS DESIGN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PALPATION; PATIENT RIGHTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0038362747     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.9.s2.3.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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