Hesham Elghazaly, Adel T Aref, Benjamin O Anderson, Banu Arun, Cheng-Har Yip, Hany Abdel Aziz, Marwan Ghosn, Meteb Al-Foheidi, Gilda Cardenosa, Jessica W T Leung, Nivine Gado, Charles M Balch, Mohamed Sabry, Lobna Ezz Elarab, Armando E Giuliano, Heba M El-Zawahry, Khaled Abdel Karim, Azza Nasr, Hussein Maki, Hannah Chung, Ahmed Saadeddin, Manal M Abdelwahab, Fatina M Al Tahan, Nivine Chalabi, Mona Frolova, Rasha M Kamal, Mohamed A Shehata, Nermean Bahie Eldin, Hagar Elghazawy
In Low-middle income countries (LMICs) and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, there is an unmet need to establish and improve breast cancer (BC) awareness, early diagnosis and risk reduction programs. During the 12th BGICC - Egypt 2020, 26 experts from 7 countries worldwide voted to establish the first consensus for BC awareness, early detection and risk reduction in LMICs/MENA region. The panel advised that there is an extreme necessity for a well-developed BC data registries and prospective clinical studies that address alternative modalities/ modified BC screening programs in areas of limited resources...
February 9, 2021: International Journal of Cancer. Journal International du Cancer