Cervical cancer treatment in Haiti: A vertically-integrated model for low-resource settings

• Raising awareness is critical to any cancer program and through our outreach events we were able to educate 33,258 women. • We have treated over 4500 women with VIA and cryotherapy or thermocoagulation. • At least 30 of our patients are currently receiving individualized chemotherapy, whether neoa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: DeGennaro, Vincent, Shafer, Madelyn, Kelly, Meagan, Cornely, Jean Ronald, Bernard, Joseph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
Materias:
Narrative Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6434067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30963084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2019.03.009
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Sumario:• Raising awareness is critical to any cancer program and through our outreach events we were able to educate 33,258 women. • We have treated over 4500 women with VIA and cryotherapy or thermocoagulation. • At least 30 of our patients are currently receiving individualized chemotherapy, whether neoadjuvant, adjuvant or palliative. • We have brought 17 qualified patients to the operating room for radical hysterectomy. • Our goal is to train and establish an independently functioning Haitian oncology program.

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