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SUBMITTER: Ginsburg O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6191029 | biostudies-other | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Ginsburg Ophira O Bray Freddie F Coleman Michel P MP Vanderpuye Verna V Eniu Alexandru A Kotha S Rani SR Sarker Malabika M Huong Tran Thanh TT Allemani Claudia C Dvaladze Allison A Gralow Julie J Yeates Karen K Taylor Carolyn C Oomman Nandini N Krishnan Suneeta S Sullivan Richard R Kombe Dominista D Blas Magaly M MM Parham Groesbeck G Kassami Natasha N Conteh Lesong L
Lancet (London, England) 20161101 10071
Every year, more than 2 million women worldwide are diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer, yet where a woman lives, her socioeconomic status, and agency largely determines whether she will develop one of these cancers and will ultimately survive. In regions with scarce resources, fragile or fragmented health systems, cancer contributes to the cycle of poverty. Proven and cost-effective interventions are available for both these common cancers, yet for so many women access to these is beyond r ...[more]