Tuesday 16 November 2021

 

National health system characteristics, breast cancer stage at diagnosis, and breast cancer mortality: a population-based analysis

by Catherine Duggan, Dario Trapani, André M Ilbawi, Elena Fidarova, Mathieu Laversanne, Giuseppe Curigliano, Freddie Bray, Benjamin O Anderson 

 

The Lancet Oncology: ARTICLES| VOLUME 22, ISSUE 11, P1632-1642, NOVEMBER 01, 2021

 

Countries with low breast cancer mortality rates are characterised by increased levels of coverage of essential health services and higher numbers of public cancer centres. Among countries achieving sustained mortality reductions, the majority of breast cancers are diagnosed at an early stage, reinforcing the value of clinical early diagnosis programmes for improving breast cancer outcomes.