Disease Control Priorities: Cancer - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 1464803501 ISBN 13: 9781464803505

Casa editrice: World Bank, 2015

Riassunto

Volume 2, Cancer, presents the complex patterns of cancer incidence and death around the world and evidence on effective and cost-effective ways to control cancers. The DCP3 evaluation of cancer will indicate where cancer treatment is ineffective and wasteful, and offer alternative cancer care packages that are cost-effective and suited to low-resource settings. Main messages from the volume include:* Quality matters in all aspects of cancer treatment and palliation.* Cancer registries that track incidence, mortality, and survival – paired with systems to capture causes of death are important to understanding the national cancer burden and the effect of interventions over time.* Effective interventions exist at a range of prices. Adopting “resourceappropriate” measures which allow the most effective treatment for the greatest number of people will be advantageous to countries.* Prioritizing resources toward early stage and curable cancers is likely to have the greatest health impact in low income settings.* Research prioritization is no longer just a global responsibility.Providing cancer treatment requires adequate numbers of trained healthcare professionals and infrastructure beyond what is available in most LMICs, especially lowincome countries. Careful patient monitoring is a requirement of good quality cancer care and this often involves laboratory tests in addition to clinical examination. Even if financing were immediately available to build or expand a cancer control system, reaching capacity will take many years.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: World Bank
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1464803501
• ISBN 13: 9781464803505
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 341
• Redattore: Gelband Hellen, Jha Prabhat, Sankaranarayanan Rengaswamy, Horton Susan