How relevant is breast cancer screening in the Asia/Pacific region?
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| Titel: | How relevant is breast cancer screening in the Asia/Pacific region? |
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| Autoren: | Evans, AJ, Lam, TP, Cheung, KL, Tan, SM |
| Quelle: | The Breast. 16:113-119 |
| Verlagsinformationen: | Elsevier BV, 2007. |
| Publikationsjahr: | 2007 |
| Schlagwörter: | Asia - Epidemiology, Asia, Medically Underserved Area, Breast Neoplasms, Breast Neoplasms - Epidemiology - Etiology - Prevention & Control - Radiography, Pacific Islands - Epidemiology, Pacific Islands, 3. Good health, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, 5. Gender equality, Asia/Pacific region, Humans, Mass Screening, Mammography - Utilization, Female, Breast cancer screening, Mammography |
| Beschreibung: | Nationwide breast cancer screening with mammography is well-established in many western countries. Many studies have shown its benefit in mortality reduction. However, breast cancer screening in Asia has been slow to implement, as it was perceived that the breast cancer incidence was low and the parenchyma of Asian women was difficult to assess mammographically. With changing disease patterns, breast cancer is now one of the most common cancers amongst women in Asia. Breast cancer screening has become an important and relevant health problem. However, apart from biological differences between western and Asian women, cultural and economic considerations need to be addressed. This paper looks at the various issues pertaining to the feasibility and relevance of population-based screening in the Asia/Pacific region. |
| Publikationsart: | Article |
| Sprache: | English |
| ISSN: | 0960-9776 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.breast.2006.08.005 |
| Zugangs-URL: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17081753 http://hub.hku.hk/handle/10722/151642 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17081753/ https://core.ac.uk/display/37972597 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960977606001688 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17081753 http://hdl.handle.net/10722/151642 |
| Rights: | Elsevier TDM |
| Dokumentencode: | edsair.doi.dedup.....3133ebc4d5a152cfd0e16e29cf0bafc7 |
| Datenbank: | OpenAIRE |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Nationwide breast cancer screening with mammography is well-established in many western countries. Many studies have shown its benefit in mortality reduction. However, breast cancer screening in Asia has been slow to implement, as it was perceived that the breast cancer incidence was low and the parenchyma of Asian women was difficult to assess mammographically. With changing disease patterns, breast cancer is now one of the most common cancers amongst women in Asia. Breast cancer screening has become an important and relevant health problem. However, apart from biological differences between western and Asian women, cultural and economic considerations need to be addressed. This paper looks at the various issues pertaining to the feasibility and relevance of population-based screening in the Asia/Pacific region. |
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| ISSN: | 09609776 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.breast.2006.08.005 |