Los programas de prevención secundaria del cáncer de mama mediante mamografía: el punto de vista del médico general

Gérvas, Juan; Fernández, Mercedes Pérez

doi:10.1016/s1138-3593(06)73215-4

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“…The reviews identified the lack of knowledge that the general population has regarding early BC prevention and diagnosis (eg, key symptoms, genetic inheritance, screening methods, time intervals to perform surveillance and control examinations, risk factors, and late clinical stages [ 22 , 24 , 32 , 34 , 36 ]).…”

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“…For example, it is possible that, because of lacking financial resources to obtain an early diagnosis and timely treatment, the region where these women live may not have sufficient technology to provide that, thus forcing them to invest in those services themselves, which could lead patients at risk to decide not to make such investment [ 20 - 22 , 29 , 33 ]. Another reason why adequate BC control is not carried out is the lack of mammography equipment in marginalized locations, which compels patients to travel to distant cities and increases the delay in their diagnosis [ 33 , 34 ].…”

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“…The number of selected studies for each LATAM country was as follows: Argentina (6/20, 30%), Brazil (5/20, 25%), Chile (3/20, 15%), Colombia (4/20, 20%), Costa Rica (2/20, 10%), Cuba (2/20, 10%), Ecuador (1/20, 5%), Mexico (14/20, 70%), Panama (2/20, 10%), Peru (4/20, 20%), Puerto Rico (1/20, 5%), Trinidad and Tobago (1/20, 5%), Uruguay (3/20, 15%), and Venezuela (4/20, 20%). We decided to include a study from Spain (1/20, 5%) [ 34 ] as we considered it would be interesting to see how this country, which shares a lot of traditions and culture with LATAM, addressed the BC problem in their female population. Furthermore, some of these studies (14/743, 1.8%) also yielded results from other countries outside LATAM, such as Asia, Australia, Canada, Croatia, Spain and other European countries, India, the Middle East and North Africa, South Africa, and the United States; however, we did not analyze the situation in those countries.…”

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“…Therefore, some studies proposed educational intervention programs for target populations to disseminate useful information and educate the population with the highest BC incidence [ 22 , 24 , 25 , 34 ]. In this sense, it is essential to design training programs for health professionals as they are the ones who can educate patients and communities by explaining, for example, what BC is about or by encouraging periodic screening [ 24 , 32 , 35 , 36 ].…”

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“…The need to establish evaluation standards and parameters for BC screening programs in the community, including physical examination by highly trained health professionals in mammography screenings, is evident as several authors did not approve of screenings performed with only one of these methods because they considered them inefficient [ 24 , 34 ], which implies that the programs must be standardized [ 27 , 32 , 33 , 39 ]. As a result of this, it would be possible to measure the effectiveness, costs, and impact of such standards and parameters [ 31 ].…”

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Public Policies and Programs for the Prevention and Control of Breast Cancer in Latin American Women: Scoping Review

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Background Breast cancer has positioned itself worldwide as one of the main public health problems, especially in Latin America. In some countries, several programs for the prevention and control of breast cancer in women have been developed and implemented on a permanent basis, but there are no public reports on the policies that originated such programs. Objective A scoping review of scientific publications that identify the type, extent, and scope of policies and programs for the prevention and control of breast cancer in Latin American women was performed, and the main results were presented in this paper. Methods This scoping review was carried out according to the method by Arksey and O’Malley based on 3 fundamental questions about breast cancer prevention and control policies in Latin America: their type, extent and scope, and reference framework. The search period was from 2000 to 2019, and the search was carried out in the following databases: MEDLINE (PubMed), MEDLINE (EbscoHost), CINAHL (EbscoHost), Academic Search Complete (EbscoHost), ISI Web of Science (Science Citation Index), and Scopus in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and Scielo, Cochrane, and MEDES-MEDicina in Spanish and Portuguese. Of the 743 studies found, 20 (2.7%) were selected, which were analyzed using descriptive statistics and qualitative content analysis. Results The selected studies identified several Latin American countries that have generated policies and programs to prevent and control breast cancer in women, focusing mainly on risk communication, prevention and timely detection, effective access to health services, improvement of the screening process, and evaluation of screening programs. Evaluation criteria and greater participation of civil society in policy design and program execution are still lacking. This could undoubtedly help eliminate existing barriers to effective action. Conclusions Although several Latin American countries have generated public policies and action programs for the prevention and control of breast cancer, a pending issue is the evaluation of the results to analyze the effectiveness and impact of their implementation given the magnitude of the public health problem it represents and because women and civil society play an important role in its prevention and control. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) RR2-10.2196/12624

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