Breast Screening in India: A UK Perspective on the Practicalities - 20 Downloads
Breast Screening in India: A UK Perspective on the Practicalities
David A. Rew & Zenon Rayter
Abstract
This paper is offered as an Editorial, providing a UK perspective on discussions about the merits of a Breast Screening programme in India, based upon the UK and European experience.
Keywords
Breast screening, India
Breast cancer is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality across the world. It is primarily a disease of age, and the incidence increases significantly in the later years of life. Thus, as socio-economic conditions and life expectancy improve, so does the volume of disease that requires treatment increase, and so do the expectations of the population increase.
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