American Society of Clinical Oncology policy statement: opportunities in the patient protection and affordable care act to reduce cancer care disparities

B Moy, BN Polite, MT Halpern, SK Stranne… - Journal of Clinical …, 2011 - ascopubs.org
Patients in specific vulnerable population groups suffer disproportionately from cancer. The
elimination of cancer disparities is critically important for lessening the burden of cancer. The …

Global health from a cancer care perspective

M Pesec, T Sherertz - Future Oncology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Cancer is now recognized as one of the four leading causes of morbidity and mortality
worldwide, and incidence is expected to rise significantly in the next two decades …

American society of clinical oncology policy statement: disparities in cancer care

E Goss, AM Lopez, CL Brown, DS Wollins… - Journal of Clinical …, 2009 - ascopubs.org
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has embarked on an intensive campaign
to integrate elimination of cancer health disparities into the Society's overall mission and …

Health care system and socioeconomic factors associated with variance in use of sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma in the United States

KY Bilimoria, CM Balch, JD Wayne… - Journal of Clinical …, 2009 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Guidelines recommend sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for patients with clinical
stage IB/II melanomas, but not clinical stage IA melanoma. This study examines factors …

Psychometric properties of an A ustralian supportive care needs assessment tool for I ndigenous patients with cancer

G Garvey, VL Beesley, M Janda, PK O'Rourke… - Cancer, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND There are significant disparities in cancer outcomes between Indigenous
and non‐Indigenous Australians. Identifying the unmet supportive care needs of Indigenous …

A novel prediction model of prognosis after gastrectomy for gastric carcinoma: development and validation using Asian databases

Y Woo, T Son, K Song, N Okumura, Y Hu… - Annals of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The prognoses of gastric cancer patients vary greatly among countries.
Meanwhile, tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) staging system shows limited accuracy in …

Breast cancer in Latin America: results of the Latin American and caribbean society of medical oncology/breast cancer research foundation expert survey

E Cazap, AC Buzaid, C Garbino, J De La Garza… - Cancer, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The incidence of breast cancer in Latin American countries is lower than that in more
developed countries, whereas the mortality rate is higher. These differences probably are …

[HTML][HTML] The evolution of comprehensive cancer care in Western Kenya

RM Strother, FC Asirwa, NB Busakhala, E Njiru… - Journal of Cancer …, 2013 - Elsevier
In the next 20 years, it is expected that 70% of incident cancers will be diagnosed in the
developing world. There exist very few models of cancer care delivery in resource …

[HTML][HTML] Breast cancer in Latin America: experts perceptions compared with medical care standards

E Cazap, A Buzaid, C Garbino, J De la Garza, F Orlandi… - The Breast, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The BCRF II study presents a systematic review of the norms,
recommendations and guidelines that are considered medical care standards (MCS) for …

Assessing patterns of practice of sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer in Latin America

SA Acuna, FA Angarita, J Escallon - World journal of surgery, 2014 - Springer
Introduction There is a lack information regarding how sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB)
for breast cancer is carried out today in developing countries and how it was adapted. To …