Editorial & Opinion
Access to Surgical Treatment for Breast Cancer in the Philippines.
| العنوان: | Access to Surgical Treatment for Breast Cancer in the Philippines. |
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| المؤلفون: | Co LMB; School of Medicine and Public Health, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines., Dee EC; Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA., Eala MAB; College of Medicine, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines., Ang SD; Department of Surgery, Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center, Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines., Ang CDU; Department of Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. christianangmd@gmail.com.; Department of Surgery, University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines. christianangmd@gmail.com. |
| المصدر: | Annals of surgical oncology [Ann Surg Oncol] 2022 Oct; Vol. 29 (11), pp. 6729-6730. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Aug 01. |
| نوع المنشور: | Letter |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Springer Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9420840 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1534-4681 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10689265 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Ann Surg Oncol Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Publication: 2005- : New York, NY : Springer Original Publication: New York, NY : Raven Press, c1994- |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Breast Neoplasms*/surgery, Asian People ; Female ; Humans ; Income ; Philippines/epidemiology |
| مستخلص: | Female breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide; however, while high-income countries have the highest incidence rates, lower-middle income countries have the highest mortality rates. In this article, we describe the landscape of disparities in access to surgical care for patients with breast cancer in the Philippines, a lower-middle income country in Southeast Asia. We describe the payment landscape that allows access to care for patients with non-metastatic disease, and draw attention to the fact that despite some degree of insurance for most Filipinos, great barriers to access remain in the form of a low number of surgical providers, geographic disparities, and persistent socioeconomic barriers. Lastly, we suggest steps forward to improve equity in access to surgical care for Filipino patients with breast cancer. (© 2022. Society of Surgical Oncology.) |
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| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20220801 Date Completed: 20220923 Latest Revision: 20221207 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20221213 |
| مُعرف محوري في PubMed: | PMC9341402 |
| DOI: | 10.1245/s10434-022-12311-8 |
| PMID: | 35913672 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
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| DOI: | 10.1245/s10434-022-12311-8 |