A review of breast cancer care and outcomes in Latin America

Oncologist

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 248-256

  Justo, Nahila ^a   Wilking, Nils ^b   Jonsson, Bengt ^c   Luciani, Silvana ^d   Cazap, Eduardo ^e  

^a Optum Insight Life Sciences   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^d PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^e Latin American and Caribbean Society of Medical Oncology   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Access; Breast cancer; Burden; Latin America; Outcomes; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; DEATH; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875472868     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2012-0373     Document Type: Article

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