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

Early detection resource allocation

  1. Cheng-Har Yip MD1,‡,*,
  2. Robert A. Smith PhD2,
  3. Benjamin O. Anderson MD3,4,
  4. Anthony B. Miller MD5,
  5. David B. Thomas MD, DrPh4,
  6. Eng-Suan Ang MBBS, MPH6,
  7. Rosemary S. Caffarella PhD7,
  8. Marilys Corbex PhD8,
  9. Gary L. Kreps PhD9,
  10. Anne McTiernan MD, PhD3,
  11. on behalf of the Breast Health Global Initiative Early Detection Panel §

Article first published online: 3 OCT 2008

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23842

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Cancer

Cancer

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

Volume 113, Issue Supplement 8, pages 2244–2256, 15 October 2008

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Yip, C.-H., Smith, R. A., Anderson, B. O., Miller, A. B., Thomas, D. B., Ang, E.-S., Caffarella, R. S., Corbex, M., Kreps, G. L., McTiernan, A. and on behalf of the Breast Health Global Initiative Early Detection Panel (2008), Guideline implementation for breast healthcare in low- and middle-income countries. Cancer, 113: 2244–2256. doi: 10.1002/cncr.23842

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  1. 1

    University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  2. 2

    American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia

  3. 3

    Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

  4. 4

    Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington

  5. 5

    Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  6. 6

    Reproductive Health Consultant, Malaysia

  7. 7

    Department of Education, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

  8. 8

    Department of Epidemiology, World Health Organization, Cairo, Egypt

  9. 9

    Department of Communication, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

  1. ‡

    Fax: (011) 603 79586360

  2. §

    The Breast Health Global Initiative (BHGI) Early Detection Panel members included Eng-Suan Ang, Stanley Anyanwu, Cabioglu, Neslihan, Rosemary Caffarella, Marilys Corbex, Alla Kovtun, Gary Kreps, Anne McTiernan, Anthony Miller, Raul Murillo, Victor Myakynkov, Lennarth Nyström, Vahit Özmen, Larissa Remennick, Christy Russell, Stephen F. Sener, Cecilia Sepulveda, Surendra Shastri, Co-chair Robert A. Smith, David Thomas, and Co-chair Cheng-Har Yip.

*Dept of Surgery, University Malaya Medical Centre, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  1. †

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

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  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

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