Progress and remaining challenges for cancer control in Latin America and the Caribbean

K Strasser-Weippl, Y Chavarri-Guerra… - The lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Cancer is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide, and an increasing threat in low-
income and middle-income countries. Our findings in the 2013 Commission in The Lancet …

[HTML][HTML] Preventing breast cancer in LMICs via screening and/or early detection: The real and the surreal

S Dey - World journal of clinical oncology, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To review the present status of breast cancer (BC) screening/early detection in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs) and identify the way forward, an open focused search for …

Stage at breast cancer diagnosis and distance from diagnostic hospital in a periurban setting: a South African public hospital case series of over 1,000 women

C Dickens, M Joffe, J Jacobson, F Venter… - … journal of cancer, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Advanced stage at diagnosis contributes to low breast cancer survival rates in sub‐Saharan
Africa. Living far from health services is known to delay presentation, but the effect of …

[HTML][HTML] Breast cancer knowledge and awareness among university students in Angola

MN Sambanje, B Mafuvadze - Pan African Medical Journal, 2012 - ajol.info
Background: The high breast cancer mortality rate in Sub-Saharan Africa has been
attributed to a lack of public awareness of the disease which often leads to late diagnosis of …

Expansion of the quality of care index on breast cancer and its risk factors using the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

S Azadnajafabad, S Saeedi Moghaddam… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Breast cancer (BC), as the top neoplasm in prevalence and mortality in females,
imposes a heavy burden on health systems. Evaluation of quality of care and management …

Breast cancer in Africa: prevalence, treatment options, herbal medicines, and socioeconomic determinants

KE Lukong, Y Ogunbolude, JP Kamdem - Breast cancer research and …, 2017 - Springer
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women worldwide.
GLOBOCAN estimated about 1.7 million new cases of breast cancer diagnoses worldwide …

[HTML][HTML] Natural and adaptive IgM antibodies in the recognition of tumor-associated antigens of breast cancer

M Díaz-Zaragoza, R Hernández-Ávila… - Oncology …, 2015 - spandidos-publications.com
For early detection of cancer, education and screening are important, but the most critical
factor is the development of early diagnostic tools. Methods that recognize the warning signs …

Aptamer-based sensing of breast cancer biomarkers: a comprehensive review of analytical figures of merit

R Ahirwar, N Khan, S Kumar - Expert Review of Molecular …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Accurate determination of the aberrantly expressed biomarkers such as human
epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), platelet …

[HTML][HTML] Disease prediction via Bayesian hyperparameter optimization and ensemble learning

L Gao, Y Ding - BMC research notes, 2020 - Springer
Objective Early disease screening and diagnosis are important for improving patient
survival. Thus, identifying early predictive features of disease is necessary. This paper …

Optical imaging for breast cancer prescreening

A Godavarty, S Rodriguez, YJ Jung… - Breast Cancer: Targets …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Breast cancer prescreening is carried out prior to the gold standard screening using X-ray
mammography and/or ultrasound. Prescreening is typically carried out using clinical breast …