Enhancing cancer care in areas of limited resources: Our next steps
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Future Medicine Ltd.
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In-depth knowledge of local conditions is necessary in order to enhance care in low- and middle-income countries. In this review we discuss: improving cancer diagnosis, optimizing patient management, increasing health awareness, prevention, early detection, eradication of causative infectious diseases and agents, tobacco control, healthy diets and lifestyles, availability of diagnostic methods, easy access to care, affordable costs, improving infrastructures, quality care measures, implementing and adapting guidelines, multidisciplinary management, supportive and survivorship care, research and optimization of medical school curriculum and training in oncology. Establishment of national cancer control plans by policy makers, physician societies, medical schools, and patient advocates is recommended. We will review evidence and controversies, and outline the next steps needed to prevent cancer and enhance care of cancer patients in LMICs. © 2014 Future Medicine Ltd.
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Awareness, Cancer care, Cancer control plan, Epidemiology, Low- and middle-income countries, Multidisciplinary management, Prevention, Research, Screening, Training, Delivery of health care, Developing countries, Health resources, Humans, Medical oncology, Neoplasms, Hepatitis b vaccine, Proton pump inhibitor, Wart virus vaccine, Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, Alcohol consumption, Breast cancer, Cancer control, Cancer diagnosis, Cancer incidence, Cancer palliative therapy, Cancer patient, Cancer prevention, Cancer research, Cancer screening, Colorectal cancer, Exercise, Health care access, Health care cost, Health care system, Helicobacter infection, Helicobacter pylori, Hepatitis b, Human, Human immunodeficiency virus infection, International cooperation, Liver cell carcinoma, Lung cancer, Mammography, Medical education, Medical school, Neoplasm, Obesity, Patient care, Physician, Priority journal, Review, Stomach cancer, Uterine cervix cancer, Wart virus, Developing country, Health care delivery, Health care planning, Oncology, Organization and management