Breast cancer in Mongolia: an increasingly important health policy issue

Delgermaa Demchig; Claudia Mello-Thoms; Patrick C Brennan

doi:10.2147/BCTT.S125584

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Breast cancer in Mongolia: an increasingly important health policy issue

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Breast cancer in Mongolia: an increasingly important health policy issue

Delgermaa Demchig, Claudia Mello-Thoms and Patrick C Brennan

Breast cancer targets and therapy, Vol.9, pp.29-38

01/20/2017

DOI: 10.2147/BCTT.S125584

PMCID: PMC5268367

PMID: 28176935

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Abstract

Breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related death for women in both developed and developing countries. The incidence and mortality of breast cancer in Mongolia, while low compared with other counties, has been increasing on an annual basis. In addition, in Mongolia, approximately 90% of the patients are diagnosed at a late stage, resulting in high mortality, with the majority of individuals diagnosed with breast cancer dying within 5 years of diagnosis. Breast cancer screening plays an important role in reducing mortality in Western countries and has been adopted by a number of Asian countries; however, no such approach exists in Mongolia. In a country of limited resources, implementation of expensive health strategies such as screening requires effective allocations of resources and the identification of the most effective imaging methods. This requirement relies on recent accurate data; however, at this time, there is a paucity of information around breast cancer in Mongolia. Until data around features of the disease are available, effective strategies to diagnose breast cancer that recognize the economic climate in Mongolia cannot be implemented and the impact of breast cancer is likely to increase.

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Title: Subtitle: Breast cancer in Mongolia: an increasingly important health policy issue
Creators: Delgermaa Demchig - Medical Image Optimization and Perception Group (MIOPeG), Faculty of Health Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Claudia Mello-Thoms - Medical Image Optimization and Perception Group (MIOPeG), Faculty of Health Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Patrick C Brennan - Medical Image Optimization and Perception Group (MIOPeG), Faculty of Health Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Breast cancer targets and therapy, Vol.9, pp.29-38
DOI: 10.2147/BCTT.S125584
PMID: 28176935
PMCID: PMC5268367
NLM abbreviation: Breast Cancer (Dove Med Press)
ISSN: 1179-1314
eISSN: 1179-1314
Publisher: Dove Medical Press
Language: English
Date published: 01/20/2017
Academic Unit: Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Radiology
Record Identifier: 9984051778002771

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