Economic analyses of breast cancer control in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zelle, Sten G ^a   Baltussen, Rob M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer control; Cost effectiveness; Economic evaluation; Low and middle income countries; Noncommunicable diseases; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; TAMOXIFEN;

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BREAST TUMOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84886507332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-4053-2-20     Document Type: Article

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