[HTML][HTML] A review of breast cancer awareness among women in India: Cancer literate or awareness deficit?

A Gupta, K Shridhar, PK Dhillon - European Journal of Cancer, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Breast cancer is the most common female cancer worldwide including India,
where advanced stages at diagnosis, and rising incidence and mortality rates, make it …

Delay in breast cancer: implications for stage at diagnosis and survival

L Caplan - Frontiers in public health, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Breast cancer continues to be a disease with tremendous public health significance. Primary
prevention of breast cancer is still not available, so efforts to promote early detection …

Financial toxicity among patients with breast cancer worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AN Ehsan, CA Wu, A Minasian, T Singh… - JAMA network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Financial toxicity (FT) is the negative impact of cost of care on financial well-
being. Patients with breast cancer are at risk for incurring high out-of-pocket costs given the …

Family history and breast cancer risk for Asian women: a systematic review and meta-analysis

H Wang, RJ MacInnis, S Li - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background Studies of women of European ancestry have shown that the average familial
relative risk for first-degree relatives of women with breast cancer is approximately twofold …

Delays in breast cancer presentation and diagnosis at two rural cancer referral centers in Rwanda

LE Pace, T Mpunga, V Hategekimana… - The …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background. Breast cancer incidence is increasing in low-and middle-income countries
(LMICs). Mortality/incidence ratios in LMICs are higher than in high-income countries, likely …

Delays and barriers to cancer care in low‐and middle‐income countries: a systematic review

NR Brand, LG Qu, A Chao, AM Ilbawi - The oncologist, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Advanced stage presentation of patients with is common in low‐and middle‐
income countries (LMICs). A comprehensive analysis of existing delays and barriers in …

Breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and opportunities to reduce mortality

LE Pace, LN Shulman - The oncologist, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The objective of this review is to describe existing data on breast cancer incidence and
mortality in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), in particular in sub-Saharan Africa; …

Psychosocial influences on help-seeking behaviour for cancer in low-income and lower middle-income countries: a mixed-methods systematic review

G McCutchan, B Weiss, H Quinn-Scoggins, A Dao… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Starting cancer treatment early can improve outcomes. Psychosocial factors
influencing patients' medical help-seeking decisions may be particularly important in low …

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 …

Exploring stigma as a barrier to cancer service engagement with breast cancer survivors in Kampala, Uganda

E Meacham, J Orem, G Nakigudde… - Psycho …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To understand the role of stigma in the delay of cancer service engagement by
women with breast cancer in Kampala, Uganda. Background Women in Sub‐Saharan …