The impact of scaling up access to treatment and imaging modalities on global disparities in breast cancer survival: a simulation-based analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Female breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world, with wide variations in reported survival by country. Women in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) in particular face several barriers to breast cancer services, including diagnostics and treatment. We aimed to estimate the potential impact of scaling up the availability of treatment and imaging modalities on breast cancer survival globally, together with improvements in quality of care.

Methods

For this simulation-based analysis, we used a microsimulation model of global cancer survival, which accounts for the availability and stage-specific survival impact of specific treatment modalities (chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, and targeted therapy), imaging modalities (ultrasound,

SUBMITTER: Ward ZJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8564714 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature