Breast Cancer Screening by Physical Examination: Randomized Trial in the Philippines

Abstract

Most breast cancer cases in the Philippines present at advanced stages and have a rapid unfavorable outcome. BCE undertaken by health workers appears to be an attractive compromise with a good cost-effectiveness ratio suitable for a country with limited resources. However, the sensitivity of the screening program in the real context is very low. Moreover, despite high compliance with the examination, this intervention failed to improve compliance with clinical investigation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA419466

Entities

People

  • D. M. Parkin

Organizations

  • International Agency for Research on Cancer

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Breast Cancer
  • Cancer Screening
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Detection
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Information Science
  • Intervention
  • Medical Personnel
  • Neoplasms
  • Philippines
  • Physical Examination (Medicine)
  • Risk Factors

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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