Breast and Gynecological Cancers An Integrated Approach for Screening and Early Diagnosis in Developing Countries /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Shetty, Mahesh K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gynecology.; Public health.; Radiology, Medical.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Public Health.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1876-4

Women in developing nations experience higher incidence rates and higher mortality rates of breast and gynecological cancers, creating a critical need for cancer control programs that can use available, often scant, resources to match the existing disease burden. This book promotes integrating scree...

Table of Contents:

• Burden of breast and gynecological cancers in low-resource communities
• Breast cancer: pathology, cytology, and core needle biopsy methods for diagnosis
• Gynecological cancers: pathology and cytological methods for diagnosis of gynecological cancers
• Screening and early diagnosis of breast cancer: proven methodology and an optimized strategy for developing countries
• HPV and cervical cancer
• Screening for cervical cancer in low-resource communities
• Ovarian cancer screening and early detection in low- and middle-income countries
• Endometrial cancer: risk factors and early diagnosis in low-resource countries
• Breast and gynecologic cancer prevention in low-resource countries
• Combined screening for breast and gynecological cancers using mobile clinics: the Barretos experience (Brazil)
• Cost effectiveness of screening for and early diagnosis of breast and gynecological cancers in low-income countries
• Challenges for breast and gynecological cancer control by early detection in less-developed countries
• Funding for global health care intervention: initiatives aimed at controlling cancer in women in low-resource countries
• Coordinated training on early detection and diagnosis of breast cancer across different levels of health workers: an example from Peru
• Telemedicine in cancer control programs in developing countries. Breast cancer screening and cervical cancer prevention in developing countries: strategies for the future
• Well woman clinic concept: an integrated approach for screening and early diagnosis of breast and gynecological cancers in developing countries.