Guidelines for improving breast health care in limited resource countries: The Breast Health Global Initiative

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 349-356

  Anderson, Benjamin O ^a,b   Carlson, Robert W ^c  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

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

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diagnosis; Early detection; Health care systems; Health planning; International health problems; Limited resource countries; Pathology; Public policy; Resource allocation; Screening; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CAPECITABINE; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; FULVESTRANT; GEMCITABINE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GROWTH FACTOR; METHOTREXATE; NAVELBINE; TAMOXIFEN; TRASTUZUMAB;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

EID: 33947536598     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2007.0031     Document Type: Review

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