Breast cancer in Latin America: Experts perceptions compared with medical care standards

Breast

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-54

  Cazap, E ^a   Buzaid, A ^b   Garbino, C ^c   de la Garza, J ^d   Orlandi, F ^e   Schwartsmann, G ^f   Vallejos, C ^g   Guercovich, A ^a   Breitbart, G ^a  

^a SLACOM Sociedad Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Oncologia Medica   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL SÍRIO LIBANÊS   (Brazil)

^c Oncology Group of Uruguay   (Uruguay)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CANCEROLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^e CLÍNICA SANTA MARÍA   (Chile)

^f HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES NEOPLÁSICAS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Developing countries; Expert survey; Latin America; Medical care standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ONCOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARIBBEAN REGION; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 77951928847     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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