Integration of breast cancer care in a middle-income country: learning from Suandok Breast Cancer Network (SBCN).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast cancer incidence in Northern Thailand has shown a continuous increase since records began in 1983. In 2002 the urgency of the situation prompted Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital to initiate the Suandok Breast Cancer Network (SBCN).

Methods

The SBCN is a not-for-profit organization in the university hospital which serves as a training and education center and provides highly specialized medical care for patients in Chiang Mai and in 5 provinces of northern Thailand, with the key mission of improving breast cancer care. The short-term goal was to overcome the barriers to engagement with breast cancer and its treatment and the long-term goal was to increase the overall survival rate of breast cancer patients in our region.

Results

We enrolled breast c

SUBMITTER: Chitapanarux I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8722177 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature