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Guideline implementation for breast healthcare in low- and middle-income countries†‡

Breast healthcare program resource allocation

  1. Joe Harford PhD1,§,*,
  2. Edward Azavedo MD, PhD2,
  3. Mary Fischietto MPA1,
  4. on behalf of the Breast Health Global Initiative Healthcare Systems Panel

Article first published online: 3 OCT 2008

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23841

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Cancer

Cancer

Supplement: Guidelines for International Breast Health and Cancer Control–Implementation

Volume 113, Issue Supplement 8, pages 2282–2296, 15 October 2008

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Harford, J., Azavedo, E., Fischietto, M. and on behalf of the Breast Health Global Initiative Healthcare Systems Panel (2008), Guideline implementation for breast healthcare in low- and middle-income countries. Cancer, 113: 2282–2296. doi: 10.1002/cncr.23841

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  1. 1

    Office of International Affairs, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland

  2. 2

    Department of Radiology, Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm, Sweden

  1. §

    Fax: (301) 496-3954

  2. BHGI Health Care Systems Panel members included Brother Charles Anthony, Co-chair Edward Azavedo, Alberto Barceló, Eduardo Cazap, Tony Hsiu-His Chen, Stephen W. Duffy, Ahmed Elzawawy, MD, Wu Fan, Harold Freeman, Doudja Hammouda, Co-chair Joe Harford, Elmer Huerta, Raimund Jakesz, David Lubinski, Jean M. Lynn, Shahla Masood, Helge Stalsberg, and Vivien Davis Tsu.

*Office of International Affairs, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza North, Suite 100. 6130 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892

  1. †

    The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations suggest endorsement by the US government.

  2. ‡

    Complete financial disclosures are presented at the end of this article.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 3 OCT 2008
  2. Article first published online: 3 OCT 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 24 JUN 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 10 JUN 2008

Funded by

  • The Breast Health Global Initiative (BHGI) Global Summit
  • AstraZeneca
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
  • Ethicon Endo Surgery, Inc.
  • GE Healthcare
  • F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
  • Novartis Oncology
  • Pfizer Inc.
  • US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Grant Number: 1 R13 HS017218-01

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