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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Pinto JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6372299 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ecancermedicalscience 20190122
Breast cancer (BC) is a highly prevalent malignancy in Latin American women, most cases being diagnosed at locally advanced or metastatic stages when options for cancer care are limited. Despite its label as a public health problem in the region, Latin American BC patients face several barriers in accessing standard of care treatment when compared with patients from developed countries. In this review, we analyse the landscape of the four main identified barriers in the region: i) high burden of ...[more]